[lug] Drive failure signs was Hard Drive Manufacturer Suggestion

[Jeffrey Siegal]

Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> With everyone sharing their hard drive horror stories and since
> I've lost a drive this month too, I wanted ask what symtoms
> people saw before their drive went to silcon heaven...
> 
> Strange sounds?
> Error messages in which system log?
> Strange smells?

SMART is supposed to warn you of imminent drive failure (sometimes, but 
better than nothing).  On linux you can use smartd to monitor the drive 
and configure it to email you a warning.