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It's looking really bad. However, I have seen some messages about similar |
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messages/problems being addressed by flashing the bios. I have received a |
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diagnostic utility from Gateway. This is a laptop. |
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Thank you for the advice. I'll keep trying. |
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Merry Christmas (in an hour, here in the W. Pacific), |
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Alan |
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On 12/24/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:22:02 +0000, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> > Neither of these worked: |
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> > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 |
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> > dd: writing `/dev/hda': Input/output error |
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> > 1+0 records in |
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> > 0+0 records out |
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> > 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 3.96744 seconds, 0.0 kB/s |
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> > gparted shows the whole disk as unallocated. When I try to install a |
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> > new partition, it wants to install a disklabel. The attempt fails. |
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> It looks like a dead disk to me :( |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> Documentation: (n.) a novel sold with software, designed to entertain the |
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> operator during episodes of bugs or glitches. |
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Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan lngndvs@×××××.com 1-670-256-2043 |
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I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must |
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share it with other people who like it. |
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--------Richard Stallman |
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