[plug] ext3 accident

[Ryan]

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 13:24, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Is this a lesson not to use ext3? and to do something else that you
> > might suggest?
> 
> RAID.
> 
> If you were getting I/O errors, looking a bit like this (though this 
> particular one is OK):
> hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> you're quite probably looking at a drive failure.
> 
> I have had both ext3 and reiserfs die horribly on me, and each time it's 
> turned out to be drive failure. I've had a lot of experience with dying 
> drives, alas.
> 
> I'd certainly suggest that you treat that disk with suspicion. I'd 
> suggest using the manufacturer's drive tools, except that only some 
> manufacturers have ones that actually work.

There have been no such hard drive errors reported, only EXT3 errors on
the console.  I'm still giving the drive a good thrashing - including
with the manufacturers disk tools (not that I trust them) and it is not
showing any problems.  The connectors did not come lose as per Bill's
suggestion, other drives in the unit have had no troubles, there was no
power loss, no sinister hardware glitches, nothing.

Needless to say, I'll use another drive for the rebuild :)

Ryan


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