Wednesday 6th February 2008
Local Packages
Updated perl-IO-Socket-INET6 to 2.52
Was going to update getmail to 4.7.8 but upstream forgot to package their new RPM spec file (not that I was going to use it) and the install fails as a result
Disk Failure
I had a disk failure on my desktop/buildsystem box towards the end of last week, and this morning I was able to do sufficient testing to determine that it was in fact the drive and not a connector/controller or anything else. It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 320G, one of four such beasts in the box. Everything in this system is RAID1 so of course the machine still runs perfectly well and it sent me an email about the disk failure.
Anyway, today I've returned the drive under warranty (the Seagate website is very helpful, letting you check whether the drive is still under warranty, generating an RMA number and shipping label etc.). I paid £6.00 for shipping, which won't be refunded, but it's a lot cheaper than buying a new drive. We'll see when the replacement turns up.
Update: The replacement drive, the same model as the original but sporting a label Certified Repaired Drive arrived on 14th February. It's now installed in the system and the RAID is rebuilt 