On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:22:02 +0000, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Neither of these worked: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 > dd: writing `/dev/hda': Input/output error > 1+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 3.96744 seconds, 0.0 kB/s > > gparted shows the whole disk as unallocated. When I try to install a > new partition, it wants to install a disklabel. The attempt fails.
It looks like a dead disk to me :(
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