it might be prudent to run the disk manufacterers diagnostic utility to validate the condition of the drive. that's something i always do before installing on a used disk.
... <snip> > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 37748529 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 0*- 37448 > b: 2097648 37748592 swap # Cyl 37449 - 39529 > c: 8387505 63 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0*- 8320 "c" is supposed to represent the entire disk, why is "a" larger than "c"?
