[opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth the effort? Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 The artist may

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread Stevens
On Thursday 12 April 2007 23:10, dwain wrote: I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth the effort? Dwain No to the 2nd part, imho -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread M Harris
On Thursday 12 April 2007 23:10, dwain wrote: I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it.  Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it?  Would it be worth the effort? The answer is usually no... ... however, there are some exceptions. What I

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 12 April 2007 21:10, dwain wrote: I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth the effort? By I/O errors do you mean bad sectors? It might be possible to get the device to map them