On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 08:54 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
> On 10/15/07, tms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 08:37 -0500, adelmand wrote:
> > > http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/online/7908799/xsh/fdatasync.html
> >
> > Maybe the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Does it mean the disk itself
> > failed? Does it mean that for some reason, the writing of random data
> > or 1's or 0's failed?
> >
> > No error number was returned, either, just "input/output error".
>
> Could be an I/O error anywhere: disk, cable, card, other.
>
> Try this:
>
> shred -v -n 0 -z /dev/sda
Failed to open for writing: no such file or directory.
So it's a boat anchor, then. Disconnect, re-connect, Debian makes no
effort to try and mount the drive (which it usually does). I'll label
it, and we'll move on, then.
t.
--
*** Propositions arrived at purely by logical
means are completely empty as regards
reality. - Albert Einstein ***
