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RE: [cobalt-users] hardrive failure



It could be that your HD is just fragmented.
You have to run fsck like: fsck /dev/hda1
Look at man fsck for more options.
Peter

>Hi,
>
>All of a sudden the RAQ Server Management tool reports a 
>harddrive failure. Since I am relatively new to Unix coming 
>from a Windows background, is there a utility like scandisk or 
>something like that? Also, is it REALLY necessary to replace 
>the faulty drive? Also, why is this thing consuming drives 
>like a maniac? I replaced both drives in December, and now RAQ 
>tells me I need to again? Both drives I took out back then, 
>turned out to be still in good shape, nothing wrong with them. 
>There was a power outage this morning so maybe the RAQ 
>*thinks* something is wrong, but in reality everything is 
>still fine? Any way for me to check for myself? Thanks,
>
>Martin
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