On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 10:08:26PM +0200, Attila Szilagyi wrote: > > When you make the partition are you telling it to mount as root? > > > Yes of cours, some times debian-installer start to copy files to hdd, but > during installation broke copy process with error code 1. > On Alt+F3 consol same things appear, what I described in the first mail . > > > Also, if the hard drive has bad sectors it is possible to experience this > > problem. Windows 98 FAT file system is much less robust, and in some ways > > more forgiving then the ext3 file system. You might try performing a low > > level format (wipe) of the hard drive. wipe.exe is a free but effective > > program that will do this. It is a DOS program, but you can probably find > > it on the internet. > > > I read abuot low level format, that it can be dangerous and destroy the whole > disc (the hardware, not informations on the disc). > Have you any experiens?
I once rescued a hard disk (the drive, not the data) bu doing a low-level format from an option in the BIOS, I believe (actually, I'm not quite sure after all these years-- it might have been from a diagnostic floppy from the drive manufacturer). It worked. > > > Otherwise, have you considered other hardware aspects? The cpu or power > > supply fan may be going out causing those components to overheat. It > > wouldn't be the first time that a bad fan caused strange, not readily > > apparently related problems. I've had a lot of fan-related problems. When a fan fails, things overheat, have random problems, and, when it went on too long, I lost an expensive video card and a motherboard. Have a look inside the box; make sure the fans are turning fast, really making wind, and not clogged with dust. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
