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Good news, backups worked, bad news, it's the motherboard
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The backups did, indeed, work, though the /etc/ backup wasn't quite as recent as I'd have liked. However, now *another* disk is corrupting (this time the home/var disk), and it looks like it's the motherboard's SATA controller at fault. Replacing that will require new motherboard, memory, and CPU... and yet another day of working on ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.