HDD failures

donkey42 · 15-05-2008, 10:29 PM

the other day i had 2 Maxtor HDD go down, now the 160Gb HDD was fixable by doing a Low Level Format

BTW: i know LLF doesn't really exist anymore, but, the "term" is still used, but, all it really means nowadays is zero fill (write a zero to every part of the HDD)

anyway i blanked the 160Gb HDD with DBAN (took about 4 hours, but, i have a working HDD)
so, i'm back on Kubuntu but i still need another HDD, possibly i'll try Debian, but i'm defiantly buying a Seagate HDDs use liquid bearings obviously unlike maxtor

maybe seagate (who owns maxtor) will start using liquid bearings on maxtor HDDs, pwease seagate

Anti-Trend · 16-05-2008, 07:10 AM

You can also zero-fill a drive on Linux, UNIX, or OS X by using the built-in 'dd' command. Assuming the drive you wanted to zero fill was designated as /dev/sdc:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc

dd is an extremely handy tool. You can even use it to make copies of CDs, DVDs, video games, even whole hard disks. Let's say we have a disc we want to copy in /dev/cdrom:

Code:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/donkey/MySweetDVD.iso

donkey42 · 16-05-2008, 04:18 PM

"dd" sound very useful, time for a bit of research i think

BTW: thankies

megamaced · 17-05-2008, 03:54 PM

Ahh AT always comes up with the goods

donkey42 · 17-05-2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mega

Ahh AT always comes up with the goods

as always

BTW: i know i can be a bit slow (blame the brain damage for that) but, i actually know more than i think i know, i've just got to pull it out of this shed i call a head

am i correct in saying: to install the kernel sources you need to download the 2.6.xx sources and apply the HWF gutsy patch to them, then install them ?

Off Topic:

told you i'm a bit slow at times

15-05-2008, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,571 Times Helpful: 301 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	HDD failures the other day i had 2 Maxtor HDD go down, now the 160Gb HDD was fixable by doing a Low Level Format BTW: i know LLF doesn't really exist anymore, but, the "term" is still used, but, all it really means nowadays is zero fill (write a zero to every part of the HDD) anyway i blanked the 160Gb HDD with DBAN (took about 4 hours, but, i have a working HDD) so, i'm back on Kubuntu but i still need another HDD, possibly i'll try Debian, but i'm defiantly buying a Seagate HDDs use liquid bearings obviously unlike maxtor maybe seagate (who owns maxtor) will start using liquid bearings on maxtor HDDs, pwease seagate __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu Last edited by donkey42; 15-05-2008 at 10:30 PM. Reason: edit

16-05-2008, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek Join Date: Oct 2003 Age: 27 Male Posts: 4,732 Times Helpful: 510 Status: Offline My Computer	You can also zero-fill a drive on Linux, UNIX, or OS X by using the built-in 'dd' command. Assuming the drive you wanted to zero fill was designated as /dev/sdc: Code: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc dd is an extremely handy tool. You can even use it to make copies of CDs, DVDs, video games, even whole hard disks. Let's say we have a disc we want to copy in /dev/cdrom: Code: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/donkey/MySweetDVD.iso __________________ See My Desktop \| Try Linux \| Install Linux \| Visit My Server \| Support Hardware Forums \| Easily rip DVDs in Linux

16-05-2008, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,571 Times Helpful: 301 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	"dd" sound very useful, time for a bit of research i think BTW: thankies __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu

17-05-2008, 03:54 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 23 Male Posts: 3,389 Times Helpful: 336 My Mood: Shocked Status: Offline My Computer	Ahh AT always comes up with the goods __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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