[plug] Using a HDD with Badsectors

[Timothy White]

On 11/27/06, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:

>
> Use it as secondary drive for apt-cache or a scratch drive for trying
> out various distros.
>
> Don't use it for anything important that can't be replaced easily.

I was thinking along those lines anyway. Except I couldn't think what
I could use it for, other than /tmp or for dumping my sisters files
(or not).

I was totally forgetting I have >20Gb of Debian and Ubuntu Mirrors,
and just the other day had to shuffle some data around because I
needed to increase an Ubuntu mirror, and mirror LVM wasn't big
enough!!

Thanks for reminding me I have mirrors that I can put on it! :D

Anyway, gone and gotten another 80Gb HDD, IDE as it's cheaper than
SATA at this end of the size spectrum, and I'll start mirroring the
drive over once I check the new cooler fans are doing their job!!

My pet hate with Perth Computer stores, is an apparent lack of cheap,
"not fancy" cooling fans. My pet hate with my computer case atm, is
the fact it only takes a 80mm fan at the front, although the jigsaw
will be changing that. When I work out best way to construct rack
mount cases, I'll be building my rack mount's, with 120mm fans (x2)
cooling 2 drives each, with plenty of ventilation! (Design is all
finished, construction is the issue).

Anyway, hopefully my server case will be better off with new drives
and fans! And I just got myself 80Gb of Mirror space! :D

Tim
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