Re: [Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla not working or HD failure?

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

That was my guess only, basically from the experience I have.  I think 
it's very likely... But it does not mean it must (100%) have bad blocks.
Anyway, it's recommended to get a new hard drive.

Steven.

Uriel Avalos wrote:
> Bad blocks?? Going a little off topic here, does that mean that I have to get a new hard drive? Or is there a fix?
>
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:30:28 +0800
> Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
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>> Uriel Avalos wrote:
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>>> I'm trying to backup a system over Samba. It's a linux box using ext3
>>> I've tried it several times and each time it gets to about 8% done, I
>>> start getting errors like this:
>>>
>>> hda: possible failed opcode: 0xc8
>>> dma_instr: status=0x41 { DriveReady Error }
>>> hda: task_pio_intr: status=0x49 { DriveReady DataRequest Error }
>>> io_all: errno = Input/output error(5)
>>>   
>>>       
>> Basically this kind of error message means that your hard drive has 
>> hardware problem.... Like bad blocks... I have put a Q&A here:
>> http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/83_rescue_mode_for_clonezilla.faq#83_rescue_mode_for_clonezilla.faq
>> Please refer to that.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Steven.
>>     
>>> I checked the hard drive with fsck and it's fine. I hasn't given my any
>>> trouble either. Ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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