On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wednesday 23 Jul 2008, Rony wrote:
>
> > Now I find that the Sabayon as well as the Debian DVD1 isos throw an
> > 'Input/Output Error' and after that the link between the system and
> > my HDD appears to be lost as no command is accepted and the system as
> > well as the display goes for a toss. With CD isos this does not
> > happen. Any similar experiences, suggestions?
>
> Usually, this is a sign of HDD problems.
>

How does one confirm this? badblocks?
Any better tools? smartd?

Regards,
Mohan S N
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