On Tuesday 02 Sep 2008, jtd wrote: > On Monday 01 Sep 2008 23:16, Rony wrote: > > I have added a spare disk and will store all ISOs there. Otherwise > > my system is 'touchwood' running smoothly. > > Most of the time a bad sector is an indicator of doomsday. Better > backup all important stuff.
Agree 100%. In my experience disks with such symptoms die soon. Keeping important files on such devices is like playing Russian Roulette. I have tried low level format and skip badblocks options during file system creation - all short term. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
