OS Error on Boot

[Wade Smart]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 	Sorry but it sounds like at least one and maybe two serious hardware
> failures on your computer. I would replace the hard drive first and
> reload and then check for a RAM problem.
> 
> 	Is it possible that lightning hit your computer?
> 
> 
> 73 Karl

20090708 1721 GMT-5

Nope. I was just working and after loading that image with GIMP - my CPU 
on system monitor went from a solid blue to almost nothing, black and a 
little blue, my memory shot to 100% as did the system load.

I ran badblocks and just received the result:

wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ sudo badblocks -v /dev/sdb6
Checking blocks 0 to 74999388
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): 229708162970816/       74999388
229708172970817/       74999388
229708182970818/       74999388
229708192970819/       74999388
508888240888824/       74999388
508888400888840/       74999388
508888410888841/       74999388
508888420888842/       74999388
508888430888843/       74999388
508888440888844/       74999388
508888450888845/       74999388
50888846
50888847
558181125818112/       74999388
558181525818152/       74999388
558181535818153/       74999388
558181545818154/       74999388

wadesmart at wadesmart:~$

Wade
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