Hi,
My external hard drive tends, on occasion, to spontaneously unmount a
logical partition. Sometimes, the partition does not mount at all.
Usually, going back and manually mounting the partition is fine. I'm
wondering: is this a hardware or software problem? Something tells me I
should
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:25 AM, JMZ wrote:
> I'm wondering: is this a hardware or software problem?
Eliminate choices by testing... If you are comfy with cli then:
opt 1:
$ sudo fsck /dev/sdz
where "z" is the drive letter for your external drive when mounted usually
found with the "df -h" co
Thanks for your help, fred. Everything seems "clean" now, but I should
perform these checks regularly now that some inconsistencies have appeared.
Jordan
On 01/11/2017 10:03 AM, fred roller wrote:
Though maybe the current drive can be salvaged (it's only four years
old -- do drives d
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:45 AM, JMZ wrote:
> Ugh, I thought that was the case. Magnetic storage is inexpensive these
> days. It'd be unprofitable for a manufacturer to develop a five-year or
> seven-year hard drive. :-(
>
IMO; get the enclosure vs. a dedicated hdd... this allows for just
pur
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller
>wrote:
>
>> 1G
>
>
>*..1T...
:D
I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB.
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller
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> 1G
*..1T...
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On 01/11/2017 05:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:37:51 -0500, fred roller wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:36 PM, fred roller
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 1G
>>
>> *..1T...
>
> :D
>
> I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB.
I'll raise you two 5¼" floppies and see you :-)
S
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> > I've got a SCSI drive with IIRC around 42 MiB.
>
> I'll raise you two 5¼" floppies and see you :-)
>
> Sitting on a shelf I have a 30Mb HardCard which is a hard disk mounted
> on a long-form ISA card. You lift the lid of your PC XT, push in
The hard drive/controller card combination lasted well into the 386/486
era. I did not get my first PC until 1993 (a 486DX 33 MHz); prior to
that I spent hours on the C64s at school. I was interested in
purchasing a 250 MB hardcard drive, when I realized it would be easier
to replace the driv