The power of linux to hide problems

Post #305,626 by beepster 3/16/09 4:59:26 PM Reply	The power of linux to hide problems apparently the hard drive on my webserver (read old compaq laptop) fried itself. However, the main pages of the site were apparently loaded in memory...as I tried to connect to the box to load some files and it promptly refused...and went all panicky when I tried to restart it. My guess, given the message received locally as well as remote...it could very well have been running like this for the better part of a month. So, if anyone is looking for my web page...its not there at the moment. Going to see about replacing it this week sometime. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #305,634 by malraux 3/16/09 5:26:57 PM Reply	I had that happen once. I was using my workstation for the better part of a day before I started to notice problems caused by the drive failing that morning. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #305,635 by Another Scott 3/16/09 6:16:51 PM Reply	It would be great if a SMART monitor was shown by default. That reminds me, I should see about installing one... Cheers, Scott.
Post #305,649 by malraux 3/16/09 10:14:09 PM Reply	This was about 9, 10 years ago. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #305,658 by folkert 3/16/09 11:27:35 PM Reply	Re: It would be great if a SMART monitor was shown by defaul smartmontools gsmartcontrol a few others are around too.
Post #305,645 by drook 3/16/09 9:24:53 PM Reply	Was it here that I saw the story? Supposedly a RAID array overheated, but there was enough in memory for the server to stay up. Popped in a bootable CD, chroot to point the server at the CD, drop the RAID array, aim a fan at it, once it cools point the server back at the RAID. Never took the server down. I wasn't sure how believable it was. I guess it's possible after all. -- Drew

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