mcelog.service

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/17/2013 07:41 PM, lee wrote:
> Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> writes:
>
>> As long as the drive itself is working, there's a way to recover the
>> data, although there may well not be an easy or fast way.
>
> Imagine the power supply would fail so that I can't read logfiles
> anymore.
>
> What do I do?  Fix the hardware right away or waste a week or two trying
> to find a way to read logfiles because mcelog /might/ have logged
> something?
>
>

Nothing more than a strawman.  If the power supply's failed completely, 
you don't need the logs; if it's slowly going bad, the logs might help 
you diagnose the issue and replace the supply before it's completely 
gone.  And, if the computer's dead, the power supply isn't the only 
possibility and there are times that it's better (and cheaper) to spend 
a little time grovelling over the logs instead of swapping parts until 
it works again.