[PLUG] Desktop machine failures

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Sat Jul 11 21:27:03 UTC 2015


On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Denis Heidtmann
> <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If it is fans, it would have to be slow starting, since the failures have
> > always been on starting from a cold machine.  That should be easy to
> > check.  Cabling:  Everything is inside the case, so there should be only
> a
> > few to wiggle and plug/unplug.  Then the test will be waiting for a
> > failure.  The absence of an immediate failure does not mean a fix.
> >
> > What about the power supply?  I replaced it Sept 2014 (Antec EA380D).
> >
> > Could the MB or processor be the issue?  Flaky capacitor somewhere?
> > Impossible to find if so.
> >
>
> Which version of grub are you using?   What does
> grub-probe -V
> say?
> It looks like an error message from the old legacy grub. It might be
> having problems rebooting with the drives changing names between
> reboots. If it is the old grub, your problems might be fixed by
> upgrading grub to grub2.
>
> Bill
>

grub-probe (GRUB) 1.99-21ubuntu3.17

It is  the old grub.  But why /how would the drive change names?  I have
two drives, but one,  used to store backups, is always powered off except
once per week when I do backups, and it is only turned on after the system
is booted.

-Denis



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