How old is the computer? It sounds more like a hardware issue then software. If the power supply is freaking it can kill hard drives or a good spike can cause damage to the hard drive's circuit board. The clicking noise is usually associated with the drive heads being reset (slaming into park), and is a common indicator that the drive is going bad. I haven't heard of software ever causing this problem. Does it/did it happen when you power the system up?
--Dano > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Federman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:00 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive > > I have experienced the death of 2 new WD Caviar drives after installing > and running Debian Linux. Each drive started with a clicking noise, > several weeks later read errors appeared and now completely dead. WD > replaced the first drive without question. Before I replace the second, > could Linux be causing this? The machine is a Gateway P-II 350. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
