[GLLUG] Apt-get is disgusting

[Richard Houser]

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Clay Dowling wrote:
> Steven Sayers wrote:
>> I read an email in the LUG and just an FYI apt-get is horrible for bad hard 
>> drives. Such as my laptop. Apt-get tends to make things not work if packages 
>> have hangovers where as with aptitude it was easy to fix after the reboot. 
>> Aptitude does take an extra seccond though.
> 
> Just as a word of warning here, no software package is going to make a
> bad hard drive behave well.  The only solution is to replace the failing
> hardware.  Some software will mask the problem, so that when it bites
> you it will do it in a big way and seemingly out of the blue.  This is
> not a benefit.
> 
> Replace the bad hard drive with a non-malfunctioning one as soon as you
> can, or you will lose data.  I speak from experience here.
> 
> Clay

If you suspect a bad drive, SMART tools can help you get a positive
confirmation that something is wrong.  SMART will most likely, but not
always flag a defective disk.  So, you can rest assured something is
wrong if SMART finds a problem, but you can NOT do the reverse.  Run it
anyhow, but first, backup anything important from that machine.
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