[Linux] Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 0

[Tom Morris]

That's lucky indeed. My last HD failure was a weird one, on a Quantum 
drive made right before the merger. The drive failed at 4 years with a 
peculiar syndrome in which it'd just lock up the system hard on any read 
attempt. I ran the diagnostic utility which gave me the magical Secret 
RMA Decoder Ring code, and found out that Maxtor had mysteriously 
extended the warranty on that series of drives to 5 years. I guess 
they'd been seeing a lot of weird failures.

I forget what model it was, but it was an 80 gig. Amazingly, that late 
on in the game, Quantum was still using Phillips head screws on their 
drives. I never really understood that... phillips screws/drivers do 
tend to flake off Kellogg's Metal Crispies when manipulated.

Steven Benmosh wrote:
> I'm afraid you are right; unlike previous time with HD weirdness, this 
> time my install failed. Luckily, some of the data - most of the 
> important stuff - was retrievable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Z.
>
> On Jan 20, 2008 9:39 PM, Tom Morris <vxo@blueneon.xidus.net 
> <mailto:vxo@blueneon.xidus.net>> wrote:
>
>     Sounds like you're gonna need a new drive... there's probably a head
>     crash scratch in the disk surfaces somewhere. That'll only get worse
>     over time!
>
>     On the upside, get some tiny Torx drivers and take it apart.. the
>     platters make nice compact mirrors or windchime parts..
>     _______________________________________________
>     Linux mailing list
>     Linux@flux.org <mailto:Linux@flux.org>
>     http://www.flux.org/mailman/listinfo/linux
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Check out my web site - www.words2u.net <http://www.words2u.net>