Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: hda problems | Date | Wed, 04 Sep 1996 09:51:30 -0500 | From | "Bryan C. Andregg" <> |
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Your message dated: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 10:29:13 EDT > Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:24:30 -0500 > From: "Bryan C. Andregg" <bandregg@idir.net> > > Sep 4 00:14:09 hueco kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady See > kComplete DataRequest Error } > Sep 4 00:14:09 hueco kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableEr > ror }, LBAsect=920040, sector=7732 > Sep 4 00:14:09 hueco kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:07, sector 77 > 32 > > These are low-level errors from the disk driver, reporting errors from > the disk controller. What they mean is that you have hardware errors > developing on your drive. When this happens, *immediately* perform a > backup!! If you have a spare (empty) disk handy, do the backup by using > dd to copy the raw disk image.
[ much panic removed ]
Aaaauuuuuuggggghhhhhh!!!!!!! This is a laptop without a removable drive. To top it off, it is only 9 month old.
Now, I suppose what I need is a recommendation as to how I can prove to Toshiba that this physical error xists without having to install Win or some other garbage.
------------------------------------- Bryan C. Andregg [] Network Administrator Internet Direct Communications [] System Administrator Lawrence, Kansas [] Internet Janitor -------------------------------------
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