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DateSat, 14 Mar 1998 12:30:38 -0800 (PST)
FromGeorge Bonser <>
SubjectRe: Possible hardware failure? Cryptic kernel messages...
On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Noah Beck wrote:

> I've never seen those sorts of errors without bad hardware present.  
> I would:

Well, it was a brand new drive in my case. It looks like it starts doing
it under heavy activity and once it gets into that state, nothing will
clear it except a hard power cycle.  The reset button will not even clear
the fault in the drive.

> 
> Back up the data on the disk as much as possible (I suspect you'll 
> get read errors around that sector).


BTW, I backed it up, did a badblocks scan, it reported no errors, I 
restored the data and it ran for 3 days and did the same thing again.

It looks like I am learning not to trust the manufacturers low-level
format.

George Bonser 
Just be thankful that Microsoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals.
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