[colug-432] I/O Error?

[Patrick Shuff]

I've used smartctl in the past to see if they're on the way out.   It also
can probe S.M.A.R.T and a bunch of other fun statistics if your hdd
supports it.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html

smartctl -a <device>

It is a part of the 'smartmontools' package in fedora.

Good luck!

Patrick



On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Bill Schwanitz <bilsch at bilsch.org> wrote:

> that looks like a physical medium or file system error.
>
> look at dmesg output and/or /var/log/messages ( or syslog or kernel )
>
> post back if you find anything that looks like an error
>
>
> Bill Schwanitz
>
> If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is
> play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein.
>
> On Dec 2, 2012, at 1:45 PM, "Thomas W. cranston" <
> thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> >> 12:39:48 tom at 1520: ~/Desktop$ md5sum
> > linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso
> >> md5sum: linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso: Input/output error
> >
> > Wondering if the above indicates bad checksum, or something wrong w/my
> > laptop?
> >
> > Tom
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