-----Original Message----- From: Volker Armin Hemmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:22 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Bob Young Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How Bad Is This...?
>On Mittwoch, 16. April 2008, Bob Young wrote: >> I'm in the process of installing a new box, last night before going to >> bed I started installing xorg server. This morning, I found the 82nd >> build(out of 162) had failed with the following error: >> [snip] >the best alternative is to check what went wrong, but since Seagates are >known to die in the first couple of days - or almost never, this gentleman >here would bet on a defective harddisk. > >Btw, you might want to read up on 'bathtub curve'. Stuff breaks early, or >late. Just wanted to let you know, it appears you were right, it was the HD itself that was bad. I substituted in the other brand new Seagate, and reinstalled. Luckily I was able to read all config files from the semi-bad drive. At this point I'm finished installing xorg-server, and have begun installing KDE. P.S. Next time I'll post the output of dmesg...<g> Thanks for responding Bob Young San Jose, CA. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
