Eben King wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Eben King wrote:
>
>> In fact, I ran "dd if=/dev/hda bs=1k of=/dev/null" and didn't get an
>> error (bs=1k was where I saw the error today).
>
>
> Didn't get an error today, with bs=2k, so maybe 1k writes tickle a bug
> in the IDE driver.
>
Have you opened the case or otherwise jarred the machine in a way that
could cause a cable to dislodge?
Also: Are you using a "shredded ribbon cable" in a plastic conduit? Try
a normal cable instead and see if the errors don't go away.
The last time I had problems like yours I was using the above.
- Ian C. Blenke <ian@blenke.com> http://ian.blenke.com/
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