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

[Adam Bultman]

Uh, note:  Some companies require you to have a code to replace the drive.
I had a bigfoot that had bad sectors on it, ran the util, zeroed the
drive, and the sectors 'went away'.  I called, just to the heck of it, and
tried to get it replaced.  The person on tech support said that even
though you get more bad sectors soon, they can't replace it without a
code.

If it makes you feel better, this very same drive is still running strong
over two years later.

adam

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Adam Bultman
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On 4 Mar 2002, Adam Williams wrote:

> >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.
>
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