On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 00:39, RichardA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to reinstall MDK 8.2, but can't format the drive. My previous
> installation used ext2, and when it repeatedly got corrupted I assumed I'd
> broken it. In the install I get as far as formatting the partitions I've
> defined, but the error comes back:
>
> 'An error occurred. Mounting partition /dev/hda1 in directory /mnt failed
> (invalid argument)'
>
> If I do a <ctrl><alt><F4>, I see many lines something like:
>
> hda: read_intr: status=0x79 {DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete DataRequest
> Error}
> hda: read_intr: error=0x10 {SectorIdNotFound} LBA=nnnnnn...
> ide0: reset: success
>
> Clearly this not good, but is it a hardware problem, or can I do a low-level
> format somehow? (the drive is a Fujitsu 3 year old 20GB, so I fear the worst.
> Class action anyone?).
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
Don't fear the worst yet,mate. First, try formatting the drive with FAT
or VFAT (blow out all partitions first, though). After completely
formatting the drives, then re-try your installation. If you're still
getting errors on /dev/hda - then most likely you've got problems.
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