[Swlug] Mysterious errors

[Rhys Sage]

smartctl /dev/sda -a
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-169-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Smartctl open device: /dev/sda failed: No such device
rhys at Apollo:~$ 

That was interesting! I'm pretty sure if that was true, I would not be able to use my laptop. BTW this is a stock Asus E203MA. Looking up the photo I took of it when I bought it, I seem to have bought it in February of 2016. I suppose after almost 8 years of daily use, it might be coming to its end. My Macbook lasted about 7 years before the graphics card and HDD both failed. Same kind of daily usage. Big cost difference $200 vs $1,000.

Rhys Sage