On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 02:58:19AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.0221 +0100]: > > can anyone explain why the cat worked? > > it is entirely possible that reads work fine, just that writes don't > stick. so say a given byte is 0xcf and when you read it, you get > 0xcf, but when you write 0x45 to it, it either remains as 0xcf > or goes to something whacky like 0x9e or whatever. that makes sense, i hadnt considered that cat only tests reading.
> if S.M.A.R.T. says the disk is dying, get the data off. you did > that. good. now get a new disk. will do! hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
