unbootable HD, the solution

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

He managed to get an RH distro installed but the HD was erratic
with lots of I/O errors, particularly when reading sector 0. I
had also noticed very poor hard disk performance when I had it
running after booting from a floppy. He did not mention a power
problem, but replacing the disk solved the problem.


On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:

> Did he ever specify what the defect was i.e., not enough power to the
> disk?
>
> May you code in the power of the source,
> may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
> throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.
>
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
>
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > I promised to let you know the solution to my puzzling problem a
> > week or so ago about the unbootable hard disk. It turns out the
> > guy at the computer store knew enough about Linux to look beyond
> > his initial impressions, and discovered a defective hard disk
> > after all. He replaced the HD with a new one and we are out of
> > the woods at last.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
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