[opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread dwain
I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth the effort? Dwain -- Dwain AlfordP.O. Box 145Winfield, Alabama 35594 telephone: 205.487.2570cellphone: 205.495.5619 "The artist may

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread Stevens
On Thursday 12 April 2007 23:10, dwain wrote: > I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. Is > there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be worth > the effort? > > Dwain No to the 2nd part, imho -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addi

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread M Harris
On Thursday 12 April 2007 23:10, dwain wrote: > I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it.  Is > there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it?  Would it be worth > the effort? The answer is usually no... ... however, there are some exceptions. What

Re: [opensuse] i/o error woes

2007-04-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Thursday 12 April 2007 21:10, dwain wrote: > I have a 40gb drive that I obtained that has some i/o errors on it. > Is there a way to fix this so I can load opensuse on it? Would it be > worth the effort? By "I/O errors" do you mean bad sectors? It might be possible to get the device to map t