Danny Terweij - Net Tuning | Net wrote:
From: "Sam Varshavchik" mrsam@courier-mta.com
How do i create a new rpmdb with current installed packages? Or am i doomed? :)
An hdd error means - kiss your data good bye.
Salvage whatever data files you need, take the hard drive and throw it in the trash.
Thats not the answer on my question :) i have many boxes with....
The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon:
Device: /dev/hda, 3 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
.....such messages and they still running fine after 2+ years (and have a lot data reads/writes)
So now the right answer please :)
Danny.
Even though the initial reply was a little harsh, a valid point is raised.
SMART was designed to help you BEFORE a crash. Well, as much as possible anyway.
This isn't just a warning "feature" - SMART was specifically designed to let you save data before impending doom.
Danny, if this box is not important to you, by all means, ignore the message.
If this box DOES mean something to you - then you really should heed the advice above. However, before you trash it, I would grab the manufacturer diagnostic utility (usually a boot floppy). Run the full barrage of tests.
If it fails in ANY way, then, I'm sorry to say - if the data is important, you're kidding yourself if you keep using the drive.
Regards, Ed.