Probably not a good sign (Signifying Nothing: how does saying nothing at all become so loud?)

Thursday, 3 February 2005

Probably not a good sign

From /var/log/syslog on the laptop:

Feb 3 20:51:56 localhost smartd[6711]: Device: /dev/hda, 190 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors

Looks like it’s time to backup the laptop’s hard drive and drag it over to Best Buy for warranty service.

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