[KLUG Members] RH7.2 and abnormal termination during install

[Adam Williams]

>I spent last night banging my head on the desk.  Then thought this is 
>getting me closer to a headache and still linuxless. So being stubborn,
>I ran the western digital diagnostics on the drive.  It said error 458
>which has a "new hard drive is in your future" solution path.  For the 
>hell of it I low level formatted the drive.  Wrote zeros to it.  No 
>error.  Ran the extended check and again no error.
>I'm trying the install again just for the insanity of it.  So far no 
>problems. The system fully installed.

The re-format noted and dodged the bad sector,  exactly what the format
is for.  Ok, for mapping around originals flaws in manufacturing, etc.

But if you've *developed* bad sectors this is as effective as caging one
of those bugs from "Aliens".  It is just a matter of time till there is
several more and your system is dead stick.

Replace the drive.  The drive will fail when you NEED it to work.