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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Alan E. Davis [mailto:lngndvs@×××××.com] |
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Sent: 03 January 2007 11:50 |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] desperation question: disklabel, unable to write to disk, etc. |
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> I am still in limbo about this drive. I have gotten a disk scanning utility from Gateway, and am now trying to get together a floppy to test it that way. |
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> I have had another HDD issue this week, on a SATA drive. I may post separately about that. I can see partitions from Ubuntu that I |
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> cannot see from Gentoo. Etc. Back to the laptop. I hope for the best, and suspect that somehow the disk was corrupted by software, |
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> and if so I HOPE it can be recovered. Otherwise, I guess I can run a live cd and save files to a usb flash drive! I haven't heard any |
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> strange noises, but the freezer trick would certainly be a last resort. |
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Sounds like some sort of driver issue then surely? Or a kernel config issue. I can't say more than that about it I'm afraid - I'm not entirely sure. |
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David |
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Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this list. |
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