[wplug] Since we're off topic

[Brandon Kuczenski]

> > Since the problem seems to be correlated to the *first time* I try to 
> > power up the machine after n hours, I will wait for awhile and try again 
> > with the HDDs not plugged in.  If I see it fail even once without the 
> > HDDs, then it's probably the motherboard (there isn't anything else here 
> > except for a wireless NIC).  If not, then I'm in data recovery hell and 
> > will probably prevail upon the list again soon.
> > 
> 	Sounds like a power-supply, dewd. Don't skimp on those. Bad power 
> supplies are the leading cause of machine failure (minus user-error). What 
> kid of power supply do you have in that thing? Bad RAM may also be the 
> cause, but I've seen few cases of that. Of course, I only get monster 
> power-supplies anymore, so...
> 

I guess it could be the power supply, but it's new, too, and 300W.  Plus, 
the fact that the BIOS has still not failed to POST once without the hard 
drives plugged in (8 attempts and counting) points a bloody finger at 
them.  Plus, this HDD has made noise since the day I got it - occasionally 
it will make a cracking noise as if it suddenly stopped spinning, and then 
started up again.  Since it was an IBM, and since I bought it new and it 
did that from day 1, I figured it was some sort of *feature* but now I 
don't think so anymore.

> 
> 	Redhat's install package lets you set your partitions this way. It 
> used to be that you would mount the space of another disk somewhere else, 
> but disks are HUGE these days. Buy two, and set it up right. You'll never 
> worry about data loss again.
> 

Is there a howto somewhere?

All my critical data is backed up - what I'll lose here is 4 gigs of 
movies and 6 gigs of mp3s.  I guess, if I'm going to be buying another 
40gig hard drive, I might as well get 2.

-Brandon