.> Do you have an available partition or free space anywhere? If so, copy
> / there (cp -a), then reboot with 'root=/dev/hda12' or whatever, mkfs
> on the old root, copy everything back. This makes a nice safety hatch
> too, in case of catastrophic problems with root (been there).
no free space but I do have a backup on zip drives
> I don't think there is any really way to know of a pending drive
> failure for certain, short of 20-20 hindsight after the fact. There
> may be symptoms and warnings, but some of the same symptoms might be
> caused by a bad cable, loose cable, bad ram, controller, etc. Probably
> worth checking these things first. Also, if you are doing anything
> with 'hdparm', you might undo that for a while and see if that is
> contributing.
.I'll check the cables tonight when I don't have any little hands to help
me.
I saw you mentioned memtest86 in a different email is that what you use to
test ram? Do you get it on freshmeat?
Thanks
Linda
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