[NTLUG:Discuss] kernel message

[Ted]

Here's a FWIW.  I will NOT buy any drive but IBM or WD.  Best 
reliability.  Based on thousands of purchases.

Ted

At 12:33 PM 1/14/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>On Wednesday 14 January 2004 12:11 pm, David Ross wrote:
> > Could someone point me too what this error means?
> > Googling says it may be a HD going bad,but it is brand new.
> > [root at localhost]# tail /var/log/messages
> > kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> > kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144
> > ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed
> >
> > Brand new Maxtor 40 gig HD with fresh install of Mandrake 9.2
> > Everything works perfect except for this error
> >
> > [root at localhost]# hdparm -v /dev/hda
> >
> > multcount = 16(on)
> > IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
> > unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> > using_dma = 1 (on)
> > keepsettings = 0 (off)
> > readonly = 0 (off)
> > readahead = 8 (on)
> > geometry = 4998/255/63, sectors = 80293248, start = 0
> >
> > David
>
>Sorry ,but i found out it's my USB pocket drive not unmounting properly
>When i plug it in an icon shows up on the desktop,but when i go to unmount
>it says permission denied.So i've just been unplugging it.Do i need an entry
>in fstab to be able to unmount?
>David
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