From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HBZ90-0007l7-I2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:14:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0TGD3DO000308; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:13:03 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0TG8wfH028410 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:08:59 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b8so504107ana for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:08:58 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nE/yMOtoDCUtDjC/37yL0tN5bFY/2s6zPoW3jC1SO0njwRRG/h7St2o7qQTITHV3BX1AYKZ+SwXTTdnG9gp+ENia7msbPURw3EpMyJjJRFBnUM2e3RDDhV3hSQPnzMTW7y6t4asRWnWpic7WlIE/4U5cTJuWL/XYLu/JDb52UpM= Received: by 10.115.77.1 with SMTP id e1mr275567wal.1170086937581; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:08:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.174.18 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:08:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10701290808h3a55b898ifbae833d80b967a5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:08:57 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard Drive Crash - Please Help In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0701280958x1930934oe3f9f750ed83fc0c@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10701250820n4ad79b8dudcdba5a8e584545@mail.gmail.com> <8cd1ed20701251319s4671c94erbccf85a47d0a2420@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10701260947s32593b13p602f77f58f2db557@mail.gmail.com> <20070126224304.GD11364@huxley> <49bf44f10701261753n3502611ds8aa6a63fd4102506@mail.gmail.com> <20070127171100.GF11364@huxley> <49bf44f10701270934y6c478d5fr2fd632078c69a76e@mail.gmail.com> <20070128155518.GJ11364@huxley> <49bf44f10701280915k6ab7d89aoa85ae5bd90386b0a@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0701280958x1930934oe3f9f750ed83fc0c@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: f22e88c6-056c-467a-b226-3a016f580d4a X-Archives-Hash: 195274a4ea7f3d05ed1b889500185469 > > > > The thing I'm confused about is how I can get anything back to the > > > > laptop when it won't even have an OS on it. I could boot a LiveCD but > > > > I don't think I'll be able to connect to the wireless network. > > > > > > Hum...that's pretty much a show stopper. In that case, setting up a > > > wired network (if they have wlan, these machines would have wired lan as > > > well, no?) or buying that 2.5" IDE adapter is probably the least hassle. > > > > Do you think it's a lost cause anyway since after a format/reinstall > > the system still detects errors on the disk? > > > > - Grant > > Grant, > At this point if you cannot get a clean bill of health for this > drive from 2 or 3 different tools then it seems the drive is shot and > needs to be replaced. I cannot imagine that it is a good use of your > time installing Gentoo only to have it fail in the middle of the > install or worse yet a day or two after you finish and start using the > machine again. > > Are laptop hard drives really that expensive or hard to replace? I > should think that you could get a small computer shop to drop > something in for under $100, depending on your needs of course. > > Anyway, don't fight the trend. It seems this drive, or possibly > this laptop but probably the drive, needs to be fixed. Without a solid > laptop foundation your Gentoo building will soon come crashing down. Thanks to everyone for helping me out here. I do think the drive is damaged. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list