Re: help... X-Server crashed after update

[Laszlo Acs <laszlo@lanscape.net>]

I have no 'smartctl' command available...  researching...

At 02:47 PM 4/17/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:30:10AM -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
> > My guess is that you want a backup first.  There are a lot of red
> > flags popping up: upgrade not working, files missing, odd behaviour.
> > I've seen those signs before and they usually proceed the post asking
> > "anyone know of a place that does data recovery and doesn't charge a
> > fortune?"
>
>On that note:
>
>   smartctl -d ata -H -l error -l selftest /dev/sda
>
>(Substitute "hda" or whatever as needed - here ^^^.)
>
>That will hopefully tell you if the drive is actively failing.
>
>Steve
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