6 Dec
2003
6 Dec
'03
3:59 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: classiccmp server issue
Sometime around 3am this morning, the classiccmp
server tossed cookies.
Not
sure exactly what happend, I tried powering it off and
back on remotely -
no
joy. So, this afternoon (sorry, but I was busy gutting
(refurbing) another
HP 7906 drive and for once I decided my collection comes first!). I went
down to the datacenter and hooked up a console. Got this wonderful
message:
"HDD S.M.A.R.T. monitoring has determined that a hard drive failure is
imminent. Back up your data immediately. Press F1 to continue"
*sigh*
So I hit F1, made sure it came back up. All disks were present and
accounted
for. Tonight I'm sending copies of the filesystems
over to a different
server... just in case. Not sure how much I trust S.M.A.R.T., so I may let
it ride for a while and just keep a closer eye on it. We'll see.
On the bright side, my 2nd 7906 is now mechanically sound,
servo/positioning
tested ok too. On to the diags tomorrow for some
read/write tests. What
*IS*
it with me and hard drives these days anyways? If
it's not vintage ones,
it's modern ones!
Also I thought I'd try throwing this hook out - Does anyone have any 7906
drives that they are sure are junk and not worth keeping? If so, I would
like to scavenge them for a spare set of cards from the card cage, the PMR
board, and all the heads - especially the servo head. But only if it's
pretty certain the drive isn't worth keeping and refurbing.
Regards,
Jay West