On Sun Oct 16 11:51:48 EDT 2011, slash.9f...@gmail.com wrote: > > i've also had trouble with usb disks. > > The errors come from sdE0 which is connected to sata port on the > motherboard. Even when there are no usb disks attached at all. >
eeeh. sorry. > I am beginning to think my new disk has bad sectors. Looking at the > reviews on the internet I wouldn't be the first one. Is there a way to > tell for sure? Or could it be the usb transfers corrupted my fossil > and I need to check it? Can I do this while booting off it? dd -if /dev/sdE0/fossil -of /dev/null -bs 512k # or whatever partition. if you can narrow it down to a particular sector, you can use atazz to get the exact contents of the error register, etc. - erik
