On 1/28/2011 10:02 AM, cpolish at surewest.net wrote: > Sorin Srbu wrote: > <snip> >> Anyway, I get a bad block message when running fsck, and am not sure >> whether this is a interface problem between the chair and the monitor or >> something with the tech preview. > <snip> > > Having just live through this issue, I recommend you run > the extended (long) SMART test on all your drives and check > the reports. The relevant package to install is smartmontools. > It's worth investing a little time in setting up the package. > I ended up with this incantation in /etc/smartd.conf : > > /dev/hda -T normal -p -a -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m root at localhost > > To execute the extended tests (doesn't mess with your data): > # smartctl --test=long /dev/hda > > To view the test results about 80 minutes later: > # smartctl --log=selftest /dev/hda > > and so on. Are there guidelines about what are reasonable results or will the 'Smart Health Status' tell you enough after the tests run? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com