From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S12Pd-0006B0-Bf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:10:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8927EE076E; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:10:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8C3E04C1 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:09:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so1970487wib.40 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:09:19 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.86.198 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.86.198; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.86.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.86.198]) by 10.180.86.198 with SMTP id r6mr8604805wiz.22.1330117759403 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:09:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wdHt2L/QWPumsGawH7XqVyPV3+6+ocK0lAPCWdKyfd0=; b=FPUB3qn1oE2Wqs2lndxdjbhYINpF9cAfxcqgIOXNK+jmvNkhTBT3SvJsdnRJ2qcquC tt5oBRbVWRk72we/bJAcnoA4p21go4yZzFeqb1viENtfcjbKDkBeu9mDq7+wf7SdDRzP i762Oqm4tp1ct8FOI+zdFoNA2/GvM7spvncM8= Received: by 10.180.86.198 with SMTP id r6mr6861155wiz.22.1330117759269; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:09:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-91-131.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.91.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gp8sm5940920wib.5.2012.02.24.13.09.17 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:09:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:09:06 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do? Message-ID: <20120224230906.7faeb917@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2bad33bc-2d01-4110-898f-17e33d340c6e X-Archives-Hash: 7d6684479e5afe6a732b4ba1d68c304b On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:55:21 +0000 James Broadhead wrote: > On 23 February 2012 21:29, Grant wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power > > cable fixed it. =A0Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's > > integrity with and without S.M.A.R.T. support? >=20 > [I] gnome-extra/gsmartcontrol [1] > Available versions: (~)0.8.6 {debug} > Installed versions: 0.8.6(16:47:27 13/02/12)(-debug) > Homepage: http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/ > Description: Graphical user interface for smartctl >=20 > [1] "sunrise" /var/lib/layman/sunrise >=20 > Is a great (and sorely needed) frontend for smartmontools - it even > colours lines in red when they indicate imminent failure! >=20 > Make sure that you have read the Google paper before trusting SMART > too far though -- they found (among other things) that it only > accurately predicts failure in 50% of cases. >=20 That's a fair trade in my book, seeing as without it I could=20 manage to accurately predict failure in 0% of cases. Now to get the managers to understand that it's 50%, not 100% and stop the endless whinging when SAN drives fail without prior SMART alerts While on the topic, has anyone heard of research into false positives wrt S.M.A.R.T? --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com