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EnduroRacer · 04-18-2007, 08:10 AM

Thanks for the reply blue. I never setup the email function. Most of the data which isn't backed up will be needed by tonight so data recovery isn't an option. I instructed all the users to not use this thing for storage it was intended merely as a transfer point since we have a mixture of Unix, Mac OS 9 + X, and Windows. Of course they didn't listen so now they're going to be rebuilding ads for tomorrow's edition.

I'm not sure yet what caused the UPS to fail. It is an old PowerWare Prestige 6000 unit. The unit itself is probably 11 yrs old but the batteries are about 2 yrs old. It was late when it occurred so I just switched it to Bypass so my users could finish their work before deadline. I'll investigate further today.

I would hope to get 5 yrs at least out of a disk drive. I have some Seagate drives in Sun boxes which have been getting hammered every day for over 12 yrs and are still alive and kicking. Of course they weren't cheap.

I'll give tech support a try see if they can suggest anything. I would think there would be a way to mark the block as bad and continue on but I guess the Snap OS won't do that.

04-18-2007, 08:10 AM	#3
EnduroRacer Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lansdale Posts: 3	Re: SNAP 1100 Never Finishes fsck Thanks for the reply blue. I never setup the email function. Most of the data which isn't backed up will be needed by tonight so data recovery isn't an option. I instructed all the users to not use this thing for storage it was intended merely as a transfer point since we have a mixture of Unix, Mac OS 9 + X, and Windows. Of course they didn't listen so now they're going to be rebuilding ads for tomorrow's edition. I'm not sure yet what caused the UPS to fail. It is an old PowerWare Prestige 6000 unit. The unit itself is probably 11 yrs old but the batteries are about 2 yrs old. It was late when it occurred so I just switched it to Bypass so my users could finish their work before deadline. I'll investigate further today. I would hope to get 5 yrs at least out of a disk drive. I have some Seagate drives in Sun boxes which have been getting hammered every day for over 12 yrs and are still alive and kicking. Of course they weren't cheap. I'll give tech support a try see if they can suggest anything. I would think there would be a way to mark the block as bad and continue on but I guess the Snap OS won't do that.