[ale] OT: hardware question

[Geoffrey Myers]

Rich Faulkner wrote:
> 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?

That's a very good question.  I'll have to play with it and see.  In 
general, the VM is always up, so the process I use is: 1. shutdown VM, 
2. close virtualbox window, 3. shutdown MacOSX

I'm wondering if I were to wait a bit before shutting down the Mac after 
shuting down the VM.

I think I'll play with it a bit this evening, with and without 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> <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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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson