On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:14:22 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On 7/27/19 2:52 PM, Haines Brown wrote: ... > > I will run # e2fsck -p -f and then reboot and try to install Grub > > again. But given the problem might be a damaged hard disk, safest > > would be to concentrate on getting my system working on the new disk > > before experimenting with the old to get its GRUB working. > > Good plan. > > To test the drive, install smartmontools (on the new system) and run > 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' (or /dev/sdb, or do both.) ..to rule out false positives from e.g. a bad powersupply, failing systemboard etc, also test that drive in a known good machine. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
