Disk failure detected by Ubuntu.

[Paul Tader]

Thanks Ubuntu.  I was troubleshooting random lock ups with a buddies
notebook.  Ran memtest, a CPU burnin' util and other test before booting
a Ubuntu Live USB stick, figuring that the next step would be to run a
virus scan across the drive.  I was delighted to see that immediately
after booting, the Live CD reported a imminent drive failure.  Further
test confirmed those results.

- Notebook BIOS didn't report anything.
- Windows didn't report anything (maybe if I could get to the event
viewer before it locked up)
- Ubuntu (using the Palimpsest utility) saw it right away and reported
it to the user.

Way to go Ubuntu!


screenshots:
http://linuxscope.com/~ptader/images/ubuntu_failing_drive1.png
http://linuxscope.com/~ptader/images/ubuntu_failing_drive2.png