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On 1/28/07, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > The thing I'm confused about is how I can get anything back to the |
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> > > laptop when it won't even have an OS on it. I could boot a LiveCD but |
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> > > I don't think I'll be able to connect to the wireless network. |
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> > Hum...that's pretty much a show stopper. In that case, setting up a |
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> > wired network (if they have wlan, these machines would have wired lan as |
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> > well, no?) or buying that 2.5" IDE adapter is probably the least hassle. |
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> Do you think it's a lost cause anyway since after a format/reinstall |
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> the system still detects errors on the disk? |
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> - Grant |
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Grant, |
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At this point if you cannot get a clean bill of health for this |
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drive from 2 or 3 different tools then it seems the drive is shot and |
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needs to be replaced. I cannot imagine that it is a good use of your |
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time installing Gentoo only to have it fail in the middle of the |
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install or worse yet a day or two after you finish and start using the |
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machine again. |
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Are laptop hard drives really that expensive or hard to replace? I |
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should think that you could get a small computer shop to drop |
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something in for under $100, depending on your needs of course. |
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Anyway, don't fight the trend. It seems this drive, or possibly |
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this laptop but probably the drive, needs to be fixed. Without a solid |
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laptop foundation your Gentoo building will soon come crashing down. |
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Just my 2 cents, |
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Mark |
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