#garfield Logs

Jul 01 2017

12:54 AM rue_house: yea, the drive is not giving up the data willingly
01:15 AM rue_house: what do I want to do for the night?
01:15 AM rue_house: long weekend
11:46 AM Tom_itx: 179.9G
11:47 AM rue_shop3: ah good close close
11:48 AM rue_shop3: so, you gonna check the smart report on all the drives you use now right?
11:48 AM rue_shop3: more than that, run a smart test on them
11:48 AM rue_shop3: have any machines right now with magnetic drives?
11:49 AM Tom_itx: this one is
11:49 AM Tom_itx: the server is
11:49 AM Tom_itx: but all this one does is irc
11:49 AM Tom_itx: maybe a couple more.. i dunno
11:50 AM rue_shop3: k, so, on it, run the smartctl -a /dev/(whatever) and make sure the reallocated secot count is zero
11:50 AM rue_shop3: if it is, we can run a smart test and check again
11:50 AM Tom_itx: windows or linux
11:50 AM Tom_itx: oh on the server?
11:51 AM rue_shop3: there are smart tools you can get for windows
11:51 AM rue_shop3: but *everything* with a magnetic drive should have a smart program on it
11:51 AM rue_shop3: windows dosn't come with one
11:51 AM rue_shop3: (!?!??!)
11:54 AM Tom_itx: what's with the one you have in the freezer?
11:54 AM rue_shop3: the head actuator magnetics dropped out
11:55 AM rue_shop3: I need to *run* it in the freezer to get the data off, I need to try that soon
11:55 AM Tom_itx: just don't melt your ice cream doing it
11:55 AM Tom_itx: that's of utmost importance
11:55 AM rue_shop3: na, it fine
11:56 AM Tom_itx: it doesn't form ice on the platters?
11:56 AM rue_shop3: no, its in a ziplock with moisture thingles
11:57 AM rue_shop3: thats why it has to be run in the freezer, removing it would cause due
11:57 AM rue_shop3: doo
11:57 AM rue_shop3: whatever
11:57 AM Tom_itx: dew
11:57 AM Tom_itx: condensate
11:58 AM Tom_itx: like a mountain of dew?
11:58 AM Tom_itx: har har
11:58 AM rue_shop3: :)
12:00 PM Tom_itx: 180.2G
12:00 PM Tom_itx: moving slower than i like
12:00 PM rue_shop3: it IS trying 3 times on every bad block
12:00 PM rue_shop3: there must have been a LOT of bad blocks
12:00 PM rue_shop3: the drives take a long time to error out too
12:01 PM Tom_itx: 4044 errors
12:01 PM rue_shop3: amazing
12:01 PM rue_shop3: so try the smartctl on the other machine while you wait
12:01 PM Tom_itx: what are the odds of recovering anything?
12:01 PM rue_shop3: higher than you think right now
12:02 PM rue_shop3: most files are fluff, even on linux
12:02 PM Tom_itx: how do i find what drive it is?
12:02 PM rue_shop3: mount
12:02 PM rue_shop3: should say something about /
12:02 PM rue_shop3: which is the root
12:02 PM Tom_itx: i'm in putty on the server
12:03 PM rue_shop3: k
12:03 PM rue_shop3: is smartmontools installed?
12:03 PM Tom_itx: i doubt it
12:03 PM rue_shop3: start there then
12:03 PM rue_shop3: I always test used drives
12:06 PM Tom_itx: 12:06:08 up 186 days, 23:09, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
12:07 PM Tom_itx: i'm not gonna mess with it right now
12:07 PM Tom_itx: feelin like crap
12:07 PM rue_shop3: k
12:07 PM rue_shop3: well, celebrate canada day!
12:08 PM Tom_itx: the dogs hate the fireworks
12:08 PM Tom_itx: even drugged they still do
12:09 PM rue_shop3: I really dont think anyone ever does fireworks on canada day
12:09 PM Tom_itx: they make up for it here
12:10 PM rue_shop3: canada day is the day some people get patriatoc enough to get a flag and wave it around
12:11 PM rue_shop3: for what its worth, I'v got a progrram thats been doing recovery on a 4G usb filesystem from a flash drive for 4 days now
12:12 PM rue_shop3: be glad yours wont be that bad
12:12 PM Tom_itx: it's just over halfway
12:12 PM Tom_itx: so it may be pushing a week
12:12 PM rue_shop3: no
12:13 PM rue_shop3: it'll prolly get better at the unused sectors
12:13 PM rue_shop3: the drive was from a garage sale?
12:13 PM Tom_itx: there wasn't _that_ much data on it
12:13 PM Tom_itx: no it was new
12:13 PM rue_shop3: oo
12:13 PM Tom_itx: but unused for a while
12:13 PM rue_shop3: wow
12:13 PM rue_shop3: seagate?
12:13 PM Tom_itx: wd
12:13 PM rue_shop3: or WD?
12:14 PM rue_shop3: yea, the WD drives _CANNOT_ go unused
12:14 PM Tom_itx: 2.5
12:14 PM rue_shop3: if they aren't running, their losing data
12:14 PM Tom_itx: i'll probably end up go ssd on most things
12:15 PM rue_shop3: nup, I'm betting av ~6mo life
12:18 PM rue_shop3: I need to set up a computer to do the shop video recording, the SD disk I used is a pain in the ass to read
12:19 PM Tom_itx: what do you record from?
12:19 PM rue_shop3: I have a bulletcam int eh corner of the shop
12:19 PM rue_shop3: this morning someone dropped off a backup camera on the desk
12:20 PM rue_shop3: I'm curious to who, and trying to get the videos is being more trouble than its worth
12:22 PM Tom_itx: is this for security?
12:23 PM rue_shop3: sorta
12:23 PM rue_shop3: I get 4 hours if someone broke in
12:24 PM rue_shop3: its no good for police, I have to go take them out myself
12:24 PM Tom_itx: that's how it is everywhere nowdays
12:24 PM rue_shop3: the police could be here witnessing the robbery themselfs and would still say there is nothing they could do
12:25 PM Tom_itx: i want to look into a really good camera for maybe 2 places
12:25 PM rue_shop3: $$
12:25 PM Tom_itx: i know
12:25 PM Tom_itx: ethernet
12:26 PM Tom_itx: ptz isn't a requirement but would be nice
12:26 PM Tom_itx: the police come here now even if i didn't call them because they know i have a system
01:40 PM rue_house: rue_shop3, work on the finger
01:51 PM rue_shop3: ok
01:52 PM rue_shop3: but the screw sorter?!
04:22 PM zhanx: the police here know i have a security system its called bury them out back
04:29 PM rue_shop3: no nimby policy eh?
07:26 PM zhanx: just bought a motorcycle for 100 bucks, electrical issue
07:26 PM zhanx: 1100