[Lvlug] Hard Drive Noises

[Michael S. Dunsavage]

My one hdd used to make a bad grinding noise so I checked out 
/var/log/messages and got alot of IO errors, but when the hdd was 
starting to go it just cliked occasionally. 

So I guess from all the comments posted, it may be a good idea to backup 
and get a new drive ( I spotted a 100gig 7200 for $50 (including 
shipping)  on pricewatch).

dann s washko wrote:

> Michael Petersen wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Yeah!  Go for it!  Backups be damned!  That sucker may give you years 
> of  perfect performance.  You may have to take it out and slap it 
> around a bit to get rid of the clicking.  If an open hand does not do 
> it, give it a knuckle sandwich.
>
> Seriously though, make those backups.  I speak from experience, twice 
> in the last three months.
>
> On a side note; we used to take out the hard drives on the older 
> Apples (7500+ series) and smack them around when they would not boot.  
> This did the trick!
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