On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:29, ijez wrote: > Yes, I'm on the way to do that.. but I need to make sure it up at least for the weeks so I could have a time to rebuild the new one and restore the current backup.. currently, after a couple of hour or sometimes a day, the hdd was remount read-only automagicaly and the only solutions I do is reboot the server so it was properly mount read-write.. this will last for hours or day only, then I need to reboot again.. If you value your time AT ALL, you will get another HDD that's bigger than what's installed. You'll move to the new HDD following instructions that are widely available. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=linux+hard+drive+upgrade+howto+&btnG=Search Then, you'll throw away that old HDD before it kills you or your client base. A bad HDD is just not worth it. I generally have 5-10 used HDDs laying around, to be used for whatever. But saving data is a higher purpose than any other in a computer - and if that's questionable, the entire computer loses its value almost immediately. I never hang onto a questionable drive. NEVER. -Ben -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.