[Lvlug] Hard Drive Noises

[Michael Petersen]

I looked in /var/log/messages and nothing seemed out of order. I guess I 
will expect the worst and backup any important files. Since its only an 
annoyance and isnt effecting performance I am going to try and ride it out 
till its dead.

On 4/19/05, Greg <greg at duluthbound.com> wrote:
> 
> You might want to use the smartd service to run a check on the drive and 
> see
> what is happening. Also, check /var/log/messages or similar and see if you
> are getting IO errors on the drive access. This is from recent experience
> from about 4 days ago. :) I was lucky enough to get most of the data off
> before it hit the fan.
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Brian K
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: Michael Petersen; lvlug
> Subject: Re: [Lvlug] Hard Drive Noises
> 
> On 4/19/05, Michael Petersen <mikepetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My hard drive is currently making clicking noises. Besides the
> > clicking it seems to be acting normally. Is there any way that I can
> > get rid of the noise?
> 
> The best way to get rid of that noise is to get a new HDD asap. It is 
> simply
> a matter of time before that thing takes a crap on itself.
> 
> Brian
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