dear naresh narang,
> > Check this out - > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/193 > > Regards, > --Naresh thanks for the link. like the way it gets down and dirty with bad blocks and shows you how to tackle with them. as my hard disk was making clicking and grunting mechanical sounds, i just decided to pack it off and get a replacement under warranty. don't wanna take risks with data-archivals. the second post on strategies for large weekly databackups is essentially to tackle this growing problem i'm facing with huge amounts of data. i guess it's a matter of time before almost everyone reaches the same point. the path is simple: get yourself a hi-rest digital camera, digitize your collection of music, and buy yourself a camcoder for home-video with a usb2 or firewire port. go scrambling for mass storage that scales and is reliable enough to last your lifetime or move from box to box with you.... :-) niyam > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/