[ale] Strange happenings

[jwkite at gmail.com]

Thanks for the warning. I back my critical data up to my server and am working on a better backup plan. 

What I don't understand is how a package was uninstalled on an otherwise fully functioning box. Seems like there would be other symptoms if the SSD were failing...

In response to Michael's question, yes the box was rebooted. The filesystem is EXT4. I haven't had a chance to review kernel level or logs. I'll check this weekend - thanks for the recommendation. 

Josh K
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-----Original Message-----
From: chip <chip.gwyn at gmail.com>
Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:26:47 
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Strange happenings

SSD's are known to somewhat randomly just go stupid and lose data.

See this google search:
http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=SSD+losing+da&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ssd+losing+data

I've experienced it a few times myself.  OS just quits booting, files
gone, file corruption.  Seen this across many drives and different
manufacturers.  I must admit that I still do use an SSD for the OS but
all my data sits on disks with platters, mostly.   I don't know if
that's what has happened here, but I would warn anyone against putting
the fate of your data on an SSD.

--chip


On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> Has the system rebooted since then and now? Maybe it rebooted in between
> flush intervals for one of the filesystems involved?
>
> What FS are you using? And what kernel version does the Nasty Nabber have?
> Have you checked 'dmesg' (or the log file for it in /var/log) for any clues?
>
> --
> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
>
> On Jul 7, 2011 10:18 PM, "Joshua Kite" <jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't think I have a question, but I thought I'd share a very strange
>> experience.
>>
>> I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. I just finished rebuilding my box (moved to SSD)
>> and migrating my data. Everything was working fine yesterday, including
>> some NFS mounts. I logged in today and the mounts were gone. I mean
>> totally gone. The entries in /etc/fstab were gone. The directories were
>> gone. Nfs-common was uninstalled
>>
>> The only thing that remained were some dead symbolic links pointing to the
>> directories where they were to be mounted. Otherwise I would start to
>> question whether I had actually set everything up.
>>
>> Weirdness.
>>
>> Anyone else every have this happen? I'm starting to wonder if my 8 year
>> old
>> has learned the magic of apt-get...
>>
>> Josh Kite
>
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