Some suggestions Do you have a program to test memory? Memtest86 is on the net for free. It is very good. If you have mandrake 9.1 disc 1 in images it may be found. I also had these HD crashes and PC resets by itself. By chance I read in a magazine that flaky memory may cause HD problems and all sorts of unexpected crashes. Using memtest86 within 1 minute mem locations started showing. By trial - removing a sim (if your system allows that - older systems change sims around - faulty addresses wil move) move around.. OK I lost 128MB sim - now even 5 hour test show no fault. NO more HD problems NO more crashes. ***** Testing hardware - all depends on your setup. 1.HD 2 - what you use for - is bootable when HD 1 is removed. 2. Spare cables 3. IDE a card or onboard. 4. If linux on HD 2 you can not boot it even with bootdisk when HD 1 is removed - you will get kernel panic. 5.Spare HD 6.Windows on HD 2 and bootable then test with scandisk or boot with win bootdisk and use scandisk. 7. Many options if setup known. 8.Must isolate hardware where possible. 9.If your fault is intermittend - sorry - it is even worse.
Johan *********** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zhihong Pan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:02 AM Subject: Re: HELP - serious hd problem > Thanks Ed, and Alan. > > I'm going to change the hard disk asap. I am backing data now. > One problem thoughg, i have two disks. Thought it's /dev/hda caused the halt > when being checked, i am not sure if /dev/hdb has problem too, or even the > IDE controller or cable. Is there anyway to differentiate these? > > >From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: HELP - serious hd problem > >Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:37:19 -0500 > > > >On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:03:34PM +0000, Zhihong Pan wrote: > > > The short version: The computer froze twice in a few hours, due to hard > >disk > > > problem as I think. Anyway to recover it to normal or I have to change > >it > > > and reinstall system? I am using RH 7.3 and ext3. Thanks > > > >Once a hard drive starts failing, it almost always continue failing. > >You can map out a bad block, but it will usually find other blocks going > >bad. The short answer: replace the hard drive with a good one. > > > > > Knowing the disk is in danger, I started to back up important data. But > >it > > > suddenly froze again. In short, again i rebooted it few times before > >getting > > > it back. It's almost the same steps as the frist crash, except it once > > > halted at "Starting Xinetd". > > > >Boot into single user mode. This will make it less likely that you'll > >hit bad spots on the disk. Then back up directory by directory, getting > >as much as you can. You may have to reboot many times to get everything > >that was important, but then again, if it was really important, it > >should have been backed up in the first place. > > > > > I think it's harddisk problem for sure, but not sure what reason > >exactly. > > > Is it possible of bad sectors? Anyway to mark these sectors as dos and > >still > > > run it safely? Or i need to change a harddisk without doubt. > > > >Without a doubt. Don't waste your time marking sectors as bad. > > > >I am assuming, of course, that the system was working fine and that no > >other changes were made. If you did something like play with drive > >settings (dma, etc), add a new drive, replace cables, or anything like > >that, then all bets are off. > > > >-- > >Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
