On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:11:22AM +0000, James Bensley wrote:
A good starting point is usually fsck, try it and find out.
Good idea, there are a few errors but it doesn't look as if they're hardware related. I'll get fsck to fix them (ran it read only while mounted just now) and see if that makes everything a bit happier.
I guess I can check the SMART diagnostics while I'm about it.