Allright, here's what I did;
Tried rebooting again with the Snow Leopard DVD, but still
What I did noticed, is that pressing the Option key list all the drives, and 1 time out of like 5, the OS X drive isn't listed, just the USB drive. In that case, if I choose to boot in Ubuntu, while the OS X drive did not appeared on boot, Ubuntu won't be able to find the disk at all, like it didn't existed, same for GParted.
However, I restarted a few times, pressed the Option key, and then the OS X drive showed up (As well as "Recovery 10.6"). Instead of choosing the OS X drive (Which would lead in a No-Way sign), I booted in Ubuntu, and the OS X partition was instantly found and accessible. That way, I managed to take a screenshot of the partition layout:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2019_36_17.png
Later ran smartctl (Had to install smartmontools from a Raring DEB because the MacBook was not connected to the Internet):
Had to enable SMART because it was not enabled:
Code:
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.8.0-19-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
SMART Enabled.
Then ran sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdc :
Code:
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.8.0-19-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF
Serial Number: 804NT5NZT
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 2b1b00c99
Firmware Version: FH405B
User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes [250 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Tue Apr 29 19:51:02 2014 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 87) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0039) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1034
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10543
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 091 091 000 Old_age Always - 3668
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 253 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7020
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 922
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 096 096 000 Old_age Always - 2479
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 061 061 000 Old_age Always - 390682
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 36 (Min/Max 11/47)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 66
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 2304
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 251
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0
254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2285
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Huh, according to the output, test was passed. I don't know, is that something wrong with /dev/sdc1 partition with the flag Boot, that would prevent OS X from booting, even when the harddrive is detected on startup? I'm afraid the only reason why the drive show up 1 time out of 5 is a hardware failure.
As for when the MacBook was purchased, I don't know myself, will ask that tomorrow. Almost sure it's at least 2-3 years old. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB of RAM with Snow Leopard, so (2009, maybe?).
Also tried holding Option on boot, then noticed the OS X disk (As well as Recovery) was detected. I chose to boot with the Snow Leopard DVD, the Apple logo appeared, and after a while, the loading icon stop spinning. The hard drive stop, freeze, nothing. The DVD won't boot when the OS X partition is found on boot. I rebooted again, noticed this time the OS X partition was not listed in the bootloader, chose the Snow Leopard DVD, and then it succesfully booted in the DVD. That's weird because the DVD only boot when the OS X partition is not detected (?!?).
Thank you for the help, I appreciate it.
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