How worried should I be about my hard drive?
by hazel from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6FPJ9)
I decided to install AntiX-21 on the partition of my main machine that currently hosts Slackware-14, after failing to install it on my very old laptop because of video problems. After I had specified the partitions that I wished to use for the install (root, EFI, swap but no home), the installer put up a warning saying that my drive had passed smartctl tests but might fail in the near future and that I should install Gsmartmon.I terminated the install because I needed to think about this.
How worried should I be? This is my main machine and has some valuable stuff on it. I usually back up by tarring the partition and copying the tarball to the laptop. Current sizes of the important ones (untarred) are:
Slackware root: 14G
LFS: 4.9G
Data 5.7G
Why does the installer think the drive is going to fail? I've never noticed any errors reported at boot. I have had this machine for about 5 years and never had any trouble with it, but it was already second-hand when I bought it.
How worried should I be? This is my main machine and has some valuable stuff on it. I usually back up by tarring the partition and copying the tarball to the laptop. Current sizes of the important ones (untarred) are:
Slackware root: 14G
LFS: 4.9G
Data 5.7G
Why does the installer think the drive is going to fail? I've never noticed any errors reported at boot. I have had this machine for about 5 years and never had any trouble with it, but it was already second-hand when I bought it.