Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:14:04 +0000 From: Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How To Monitor Disk Errors? Message-ID: <70e8236f0511221814p5f50efecs6815a3e7c90543b0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4383CE63.6000700@mykitchentable.net> References: <4383CE63.6000700@mykitchentable.net>
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Try smartmontools: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/smartmontools/ If you have IBM Deskstars see if there is newer firmware available. On 11/23/05, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote: > I have an old machine running 4.11. It died sometime last night from > what I think was a disk problem. The machine was still running and > still passing packets (it is my firewall) but I could not log in via the > console, ssh, or telnet. I powered the machine off/on and heard the > "click of death" coming from one of the internal IDE drives. By some > miracle, the machine did finally boot and is running again. > > I'm sure I'm on borrowed time here. However I would like to find some > way to monitor drive errors so I know which drive is failing so replace > the correct drive. I have two in the machine. I've checked > /var/log/messages but see no entries there regarding the drive. Is > there some utility that will let me see the current number of errors > since boot? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > -- > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse > Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! > > http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > -- Joao Barros
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