Buffer I/O Error... Need Help!

[Hakim Singhji]

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Mandeep Shergill wrote:
> Have you tried using a boot cd or floppy to run fsck on the hard 
> drive? Try Knoppix or R.I.P. The last time I had such an error,
> it could only be fixed when I booted off something other than the 
> hard drive. 

> BTW, what file system are you using? ext3 and ReiserFS should be able
> to recover from this kind of thing. If you're still using ext2, you may
> want to upgrade the partitions to ext3. It's quick and easy.

Hooray! Mandeep you are brilliant... I was told by many people that I
would not be able to recover from this. Your advice proved everyone
wrong. It took a while however...

I installed a live cd knoppix then I ran e2fsck and 7% of /dev/hda9 was
deemed unusable but I can live with that! I may bring the box back to
IBM later but now there is no rush, thanks!

Best
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Hakim Singhji
New York University

Yeah, there are more important things in life than money, but they won't go
out with you if you don't have any.
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