on Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 03:21:34PM +0000, Darren Wyn Rees ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> My little box crashed yesterday. The hard disk started making
> a repetitive whining, metallic noise. Here's the error message
> I managed to cut+paste :
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] neo]# hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
> hda: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
> hda: drive not ready for command
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 3408048
> EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read
> inode block - inode=213140, block=426006
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 14418024
> EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read
> inode block - inode=899638, block=1802253
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 14418128
> EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read
> inode block - inode=900059, block=1802266
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 12320824
> [etc]
>
> On bootup, I had to run fsck manually. Now, I seem to have
> completely lost my news spool. Here's the output of 'ls -la'
> in /usr/local
>
> [...]
> ?rwxr-xr-x 11 news news 4096 Aug 27 09:33 news
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 sbin
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 26 22:33 share
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 src
> [...]
>
> What does the "?" denote in a directory listing ?Return the disk to vendor for warranty repair. > The hard disk is an IBM 40GB. Not sure of the model, but it's > only about 4 months old, so I should be able to return it under > the guarantee. What is the best way to WIPE data on the disk ? GTX (?) disks are widely reported to have quality issues, as previously noted. The wipe utility will securely delete data, though it will probably take the better part of a day or more on a 40GB drive. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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