On Dec 13, 2013, at 6:25 AM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But whatever you do get a new drive for the machine. One that old is likely > on it's way to the trash bin. Likely, although volume errors like this can also be soft errors on a good HDD where the volume got messed up by something else. Check the SMART status, and make sure you have good backups, but this isn’t a definitive signal the drive is failing. Two such errors in a short time is, though. > > Although on youtube I see the magnets can be fun to play with. Much fun indeed. The best come from old server-grade SCSI drives, they’re enormously strong. Our household ‘cookbook’ is about a 30-page stack of recipe printouts on letter sized paper stuck to the side of the fridge with one. You do NOT want to get it stuck on the fridge by itself, there’s no way to get it off except by sliding it to an edge. Once I accidentally let two of them come together from too far away, they shattered when they hit each other. Very sharp, glasslike shards of magnet. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
