From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dLRj-00039T-00 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:25:56 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id h0S2PpZs014306 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:25:52 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id h0S2PoYg014304 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:25:50 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:25:50 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unbootable HD, the solution Message-ID: <20030128022549.GA14246@rednote.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Many years ago the very same thing happened to me. It was on my work system which had just been donated to my employer, World Institute on Disability, by HP. This was in the early 1990s, and this was a smoking machine for that time. In fact, it was my first hd that exceeded 1gB. The cpu was a 486/33. On that machine, the problem was intermittant. Sometimes everything worked fine. Then, out of the blue, files were reported missing. Of course, it was my fault. It was the speech. It was the screen reader. It was the OS. It was the everything except what it was--a bad hd. Finally, I got someone to replace the hd and never had a problem with that system again. Charles Hallenbeck writes: > From: Chuck Hallenbeck > > Hi gang, > > I promised to let you know the solution to my puzzling problem a > week or so ago about the unbootable hard disk. It turns out the > guy at the computer store knew enough about Linux to look beyond > his initial impressions, and discovered a defective hard disk > after all. He replaced the HD with a new one and we are out of > the woods at last. > > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (24% of Full) > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175