[ale] OT: hardware question

[Rich Faulkner]

I think the previous mac os was snow leopard...

Sounds like the os is not closing-out files properly on shutdown.  Does
it do this only after running the VM or w/o running the VM?



On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 15:16 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:

> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > That does not sound like a bad drive. It sounds like a totally broken 
> > reboot procedure. It's leaving files open. check your software for updates.
> 
> Everything is up to date.  Thing is, I'm running Lion now, but when I 
> had the other drive issues, it was the previous 'large cat' version.
> 
> This is quite odd.  I agree, does not appear to be a drive issue to me 
> either.
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Geoffrey Myers 
> > <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Okay, to try and get this on topic a bit, I am running Centos in a VM on
> >     my macbook, but I have a repeating problem that is baffling me.
> > 
> >     I upgraded my drive to a 7200 750g drive a while back.  Soon after, I
> >     started having problems that seemed to be drive related.  The drive was
> >     still under warranty, so I returned it, purchased another identical
> >     drive.
> > 
> >     All was good for a while.  Now, I'm having issues again.
> > 
> >     Here's the odd part.  I generally leave my laptop up 24/7.  I only have
> >     a problem when I shut it down and then reboot.
> > 
> >     When I attempt to reboot, it won't.  I go into the disk utility and
> >     check the disk for errors. Sure enough, errors.  I fix them, reboot all
> >     is well.
> > 
> >     This happened twice this morning.  The last time, I didn't even try to
> >     boot it, I went directly into the recovery mode, fired up the disk
> >     utility and sure enouch, checking the disk shows errors and says I must
> >     fix the errors.
> > 
> >     My point is, if the drive is going bad, why don't I have issues with the
> >     laptop when I leave it up for extended periods of time?
> > 
> >     Do you folks think I've just gotten into a bad batch of drives?
> > 
> >     --
> >     Until later, Geoffrey
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