From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266195AbUBROAR (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:00:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266880AbUBROAQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:00:16 -0500 Received: from host-64-65-253-246.alb.choiceone.net ([64.65.253.246]:14806 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266195AbUBROAN (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:00:13 -0500 Message-ID: <40336BA5.6090500@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:41:57 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gene.heskett@verizon.net CC: JG , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: could someone plz explain those ext3/hard disk errors References: <20040208175346.767881A96E1@23.cms.ac> <20040209014722.GA22683@stout.hampshire.edu> <20040209095227.AF4261A9ACF@23.cms.ac> <200402090652.12434.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <200402090652.12434.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gene Heskett wrote: [___snip___] > This thread seems to be related to a slashdot story about a > mis-formulated epoxy-b that went into production circa 18-20 months > ago. It contains a time bomb chemical reaction involving trace > anounts of red phosphorus, and is said to be the reason all HD makers > went to a 1 year warranty. You may have to google for the story now > as I don't have a record of the link, sorry. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Feb/gee20040210023815.htm -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979