hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, sorry, this was meant as a reply to the badblocks question :)
On Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 08:37:55PM -0500, Norbert Veber wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 06:08:21PM -0600, FizzyPop wrote: > > I keep getting {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }'s and I > > figure > > it's all bad blocks. I ran "fsck /dev/hda2" but it only seems to do a > > cursory examination (not taking nearly as long as the scan when I installed > > Linux) and I keep getting the same errors after presumably correcting them. > > So I was wondering what the utility was to thouroughly check all of the HD > > for errors. > > The command you want is badblocks, I had similar errors a while ago, they > were caused by my harddrive, well.. dying.. :) Good thing it still had > warranty.. <snip> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .