Re: HD problems

2008-02-29 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Zach wrote: Two day ago I suddenly got lots of I/O and read errors which went to all consoles on my laptop (Latitude C600 running Debian testing release with Linux kernel 2.6.18) followed by loud clicking noises coming from the area where the HD is then the kernel panicked

Re: HD problems

2008-02-27 Thread David S
Hi Zach I don't know how to fix your old laptop, and I have heard that laptop hard drives have stunted lifespans, but there are products on the market that can provide an external enclosure and USB interface for these hard drives. I have one myself, but you do need to look around. As for USB

Re: HD problems

2008-02-27 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Wednesday 27 February 2008 07:25, Zach wrote: Hello, Thanks, Zach Well, I dont know if it's going to help, but I give an experince I had. Installing a new box, I had I/O errors, on a new material. exchanged the HD, same problem + segfault. Exchanged the memories, still the problem. It

Re: HD problems

2008-02-27 Thread Brian McKee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27-Feb-08, at 1:25 AM, Zach wrote: Hello, Two day ago I suddenly got lots of I/O and read errors which went to all consoles on my laptop (Latitude C600 running Debian testing release with Linux kernel 2.6.18) followed by loud clicking noises

Re: HD problems

2008-02-27 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:32:57AM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: On 27-Feb-08, at 1:25 AM, Zach wrote: Two day ago I suddenly got lots of I/O and read errors which went to all consoles on my laptop (Latitude C600 running Debian testing release with Linux kernel 2.6.18) followed by loud clicking

HD problems

2008-02-26 Thread Zach
Hello, Two day ago I suddenly got lots of I/O and read errors which went to all consoles on my laptop (Latitude C600 running Debian testing release with Linux kernel 2.6.18) followed by loud clicking noises coming from the area where the HD is then the kernel panicked and the screen froze and I

Re: HD problems

2008-02-26 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Zach wrote: It's a Toshiba ATA disk, MK6026 GAX, 60GB, another $60 sigh. Hi Zach, From my limited experience, the Toshiba laptop hard drives are pretty bad. They always go bad after 1 or 2 years. The problem is exactly as you describe. No problems before and one fine day it decides to give

Re: HD Problems...!!!!

2000-06-06 Thread Vitux
Larry Shields wrote: I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this problem or not, but here is what happened this morning... When I turned on the monitor, there were a bunch of error's on the screen, my 6.4hd keep'ed trying to be accessed, but it could'nt...Here is what it was

Re: HD Problems...!!!!

2000-06-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Jun 2000, Vitux wrote: Larry Shields wrote: I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this problem or not, but here is what happened this morning... When I turned on the monitor, there were a bunch of error's on the screen, my 6.4hd keep'ed trying to be accessed, but it

Re: HD Problems...!!!!

2000-06-06 Thread Vitux
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 06 Jun 2000, Vitux wrote: Larry Shields wrote: I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this problem or not, but here is what happened this morning... When I turned on the monitor, there were a bunch of error's on the screen, my 6.4hd

HD Problems...!!!!

2000-06-04 Thread Larry Shields
I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this problem or not, but here is what happened this morning... When I turned on the monitor, there were a bunch of error's on the screen, my 6.4hd keep'ed trying to be accessed, but it could'nt...Here is what it was showing on the screen... hda:

Re: HD Problems...!!!!

2000-06-04 Thread ktb
Larry Shields wrote: I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this problem or not, but here is what happened this morning... When I turned on the monitor, there were a bunch of error's on the screen, my 6.4hd keep'ed trying to be accessed, but it could'nt...Here is what it was

Re: Big HD problems - How stuffed am I?

1999-03-03 Thread Richard Lyon
I've also been having problems with a Quantum... this one is detected as Quantum BIGFOOT_CY4320A. It was first installed as a Win95 drive. Wasn't long before Windows started detecting errors at the beginning of the drive, and it finally became unusable. I'm using it for linux now. When I

Big HD problems - How stuffed am I?

1999-03-01 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Folks, Been having some problems with two of the HDs in one of my machines. Both are Quantum TMs (a 2.3 and a 3.2, i believe), both on the first IDE chanel. The drives will pause and make a funny noise (which is never a good sign, AFAIK). Then I'll get an error message, like the ones below.

Re: Big HD problems - How stuffed am I?

1999-03-01 Thread maillists
I had a similar problem with a bad IDE controller once. If you've upgraded your kernel recently you might need to look at the kernel docs. related IDE chipsets and see if yours has any known issues. You might also want to check for loose cables, poor cable routing, bad power supply etc. I doubt

Re: Big HD problems - How stuffed am I?

1999-03-01 Thread Mike Merten
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 10:27:43PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: Hi Folks, Been having some problems with two of the HDs in one of my machines. Both are Quantum TMs (a 2.3 and a 3.2, i believe), both on the first IDE chanel. The drives will pause and make a funny noise (which is never a good