He managed to get an RH distro installed but the HD was erratic with lots of I/O errors, particularly when reading sector 0. I had also noticed very poor hard disk performance when I had it running after booting from a floppy. He did not mention a power problem, but replacing the disk solved the problem. On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Igor Gueths wrote: > Did he ever specify what the defect was i.e., not enough power to the > disk? > > May you code in the power of the source, > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Hi gang, > > > > I promised to let you know the solution to my puzzling problem a > > week or so ago about the unbootable hard disk. It turns out the > > guy at the computer store knew enough about Linux to look beyond > > his initial impressions, and discovered a defective hard disk > > after all. He replaced the HD with a new one and we are out of > > the woods at last. > > > > Chuck > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (24% of Full) > > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (24% of Full) So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
