From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivan Baldo Subject: Re: Why dosemu can not access internal harddisks while running from latest GRML in live CD mode? Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:07:14 -0200 Message-ID: <4E9C1A72.1020406@adinet.com.uy> References: <4E96F923.4030805@aristotle.net> <4E974A5E.5080605@deep.cz> <4E976B6B.6020304@sat.dundee.ac.uk> <4E9AB230.2070206@deep.cz> <4E9B3EA4.2010707@sat.dundee.ac.uk> <4E9B8B79.8090606@adinet.com.uy> <4E9C1360.8010205@deep.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4E9C1360.8010205@deep.cz> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel" Cc: Paul Crawford , ronin@aristotle.net, linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Janusz, you can put any hard disk you want in your laptop, it=20 doesn't have to be from Toshiba, generally they are of 2.5 inches with = a=20 SATA connector. Here in Uruguay a 500 GB 2.5 inches laptop harddisk costs 87 USD, = I=20 guess they are cheaper in other parts of the world. You need to buy it, then find a way to transfer the information to= =20 the new harddisk and thats it. Don't count on any program to be able to fix a harddisk, when they= =20 fail there is usually not a way to repair them. And you can't trust your harddisk if it is accumulating relocated=20 sectors, it could fail anytime. Good bye! El 17/10/11 09:37, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel escribi=F3: > Dear syr, > Thank You very much for Yours help. > Yes, You had right. GRML is including precompiled Speakup in kernel=20 > and Speakup is able to use Espeak synthesizer and because Dosemu is=20 > professionally preconfigured, i can run Dosemu from one of The virtua= l=20 > consoles and i can read The dos programs messages by using Speakup=20 > screen reader. > Program HDD Regenerator 2011 is using .exe program for DOS for=20 > searching bad harddrive sectors and according to The programmer, it=20 > can repair physically damaged sectors. > I have Toshiba satellite notebook and my second harddrive is having=20 > some bad sectors according to The smart test included in many program= s=20 > including Diskutility included with Ubuntu. > My first harddrive started to have even 11 bad sectors and it started= =20 > to be more and more slover and it finished by The situation, that=20 > harddisk heads were worked constantly and harddrive have been cycled=20 > in The self test mode so even Linux kernel were not able to find this= =20 > device. > I would like to know, if it is possibility to repair hydden sectors,=20 > which are being hydden by The smart function. Because i think, that=20 > every harddrive is having some place to store bad sectors on it, and=20 > when this place started to be full, it start to unhyde those bad=20 > sectors and even Windows or other operating system kernel is able to=20 > find those sectors unusable. > I Am very gently to my computers and i AM very sad, that second=20 > harddisk is containing those bad sectors. > Firstly, there were 5 bad sectors and 6 or 8 weeks later there was 7=20 > bad sectors. > If will be more than 10 bad sectors, it will start to blocking Window= s=20 > kernel and i will get errors that system can't read or write from The= =20 > specific sectors. > When i have tried HDD Regenerator 2011 with my mother, program did no= t=20 > find bad sectors but i think, that program is also depend on BIOS=20 > services for accessing sectors and that bad sectors will be only=20 > awailable for HDD Regenerator 2011 to repair it when harddisk will=20 > contain more than 10 bad sectors. > So by The others words, i AM searching for program to repair Toshiba=20 > manufactured harddisk. > Do You think, that it is possible to connect other than Toshiba=20 > harddisk to My notebook? Or BIOS or other build in software modules=20 > will only cooperate with their harddisks? > If i will have to be forced to change thirt harddisk, it is very=20 > unpleasant think. > I Am afraid, that i will be forced to use Linux in live Mode and=20 > external harddrive for data storage, but because in live Mode system=20 > is using RAM for storing .tmp files, it is not very practic approach. > And i Am having big issue, i can not find The kernel device driver fo= r=20 > The Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)=20 > device. > May be, that this kernel device driver not exist. > I can make my Ubuntu or debian remaster, it is not issue for Me, i=20 > know about Remastersys or Tux2live, so there are possibility. > I have also PCLINUX OS ZEN Mini from Year 2009 and this distro is=20 > containing ammazing remastering script, user is even able to remaster= =20 > from running live CD by specifiing The target partition. It is sad,=20 > that this is not possible when using Debian based kernels. > > --=20 > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos= " in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > --=20 Ivan Baldo - ibaldo@adinet.com.uy - http://ibaldo.codigolibre.net/ From Montevideo, Uruguay, at the south of South America. =46reelance programmer and GNU/Linux system administrator, hire me! Alternatives: ibaldo@codigolibre.net - http://go.to/ibaldo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html