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
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
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 ?[ot]told you i'm a bit slow at times[/ot]
