hda: lost interrupt

[jludwig]

On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:23, Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell wrote:


> Research the smart capabilities for your disk.  SMART  is
> 
>   http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/smart.html
> 
> "Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology" and can often tell
> you important things about your system.  For example elevated temp in
> a drive may indicate a bad/blocked fan or air flow problem in the box.
> 
>     $ chkconfig --list | grep smart
>     smartd          0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
>     $ rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/sbin/smartd
>     kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora
>     ...
>     RTFM... there is more than disks here.  Check also your BIOS notes.
> 
> See also 
>     http://www.t13.org/project/d1321r1c.pdf
>     http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> SUMMARY: vendor tools.... good stuff and better each year.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 	T o m  M i t c h e l l 
> 	/dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
These procedures may help, but having done failure analysis on computer 
and network components, I would suggest checking the thickness of your 
wallet.
for
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>