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Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:02:00 PST8
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Corrupted Partition

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Peter Skye wrote:
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> Sheridan George wrote:
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>>When I shut-down my eCS 1.0 computer it started
>>beeping (about once every 10 sec.). I left it and
>>came back about an hour later it was still beeping.
>
>
> When this happened to me it was a hard drive problem -- files couldn't
> be written to the drive.
>
> Luckily for me, it was just a little oxidation on the cable connector.
> I reseated the cable and everything worked fine. Pull the connectors
> off the drive and motherboard (my problem was at the motherboard end),
> then push them back on again. And do this several times, to scrape off
> any oxidation.
>

I can read and write to everything except the C: partition. That plus the LVM flag that says the
partition may be corrupted is why I think that is the problem.

>
> Do you have DFSee? It fixes a lot of things and there's an excellent
> mailing list on Yahoo Groups. http://www.dfsee.com/
>

Yes, I do but it is on the C: partition (all my application are there). I did try to use the one on
the Sept. SCOUG CD but is say it is "too old" and refuses to play. I'll download a copy and try it.

>>Fry's has the same drive I'm now using (WD 120
>>gig, 7200 rpm, 8 meg buffer) for $60 ($108 - $50).
>
>
> Good luck getting the rebate. I've stopped buying anything with a
> rebate on it -- about two thirds of the time I never received a check.
>
I've had good luck with the rebates. I don't like the hoops but in time I've gotten the money.

>
>>Would someone comment on installing it along with
>>dsync014 (on Hobbes) to give a mirrored copy as a
>>way to mitigate the result of a corrupted partition.
>>Would the mirror drive's partition be corrupted
>>by the same gremlin?
>
>

>
> I run my DSync backups several times a day (whenever I get up and leave
> the keyboard). It's differential and only takes 10 minutes on my
> machine. If you want my scripts (they're quite simple) I'll be happy to
> send them. I have my system set up so that if a backup is running when
> the machine reboots (power failure or whatever) the backup _won't_
> restart; this guards against writing a bad file over the good copy on
> the backup drive.
>
> - Peter

That is good to know. My original plan was to get a second drive (format it like my main drive except
for boot manager) and one of those rack thingies. From time to time I was going to plug in the drive
and xcopy what ever I wanted to keep over to the second drive and pull it out upon turn off so it was
not even running during most computer use. If I ever get one of these partition problems again I
would simply blow away the partition, redo and format it, and xcopy from the second drive back to my
"working" drive.

Maybe having the drive running all the time and keeping it up to date is a better solution.
Especially since I would have to think ahead to plug it in when I wanted to do a backup and I would
have to keep track of what needed to be backed up. At any rate having 120 gig of backup for $60 (or
$110 if the rebate doesn't come) is not too steep.

Yes, I would like to have a copy of your scripts and any hints on Dsync that you deem appropriate.

Well, off to Fry's.

Sheridan

PS Will Dsync allow mirroring over my LAN to a peer machine? That could be the place to put one of
those occasional backups I was thinking about. I keep a copy of any data I really don't want to go
bye-bye on a flash card which eCS 1.1 allows me to remove while hot. But they are like $80 for 512 MB.
(Oh, listen to me whine. My first computer (an Ohio Scientific 4004 in 1957) had only 4K of ram. I
paid $50 extra to fill it up to 8K!)

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