On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:04 PM, jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So, then, the drive is DeD dead ???? Write errors are essentially fatal because it means there are no more reserve sectors available. Normally a write error is never reported by the device to the kernel because the drive remaps the LBA to a reserve sector. A write error happens when there are no more reserve sectors. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org