From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eightythree.valleybikes.com (valleybikes.com [24.123.22.113]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5190482B for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:00:00 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (root@seventy.compusmithllc.com [192.168.194.70]) by eightythree.valleybikes.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Debian-1) with ESMTP id gAMLTK34021369 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:29:21 -0500 From: James Smith To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: 22 Nov 2002 16:29:19 -0500 Message-Id: <1038000560.444.9.camel@seventy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [parisc-linux] Disk problems Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I just got a pile of 712/60's - $80 for 10 of em :) i've set one up & now i'm going through the disks one at a time & cloning them as its quicker than going through the install each time i've hit one disk that gives me this whenever i try to fdisk it sixty:~# fdisk /dev/sdb Unable to read /dev/sdb when i tried to zero the disk, i got this.... sixty:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=512 dd: writing `/dev/sdb': Input/output error 1+0 records in 0+0 records out the console sees the disk when i use search does this indicate a dead disk? the disk was ok until i put it into a mac...... James S