[TriLUG] Buffer I/O error

[Sam Folk-Williams]

I would also try doing fsck on the drive to attempt to repair the
filesystem. You can do this from knoppix, or from rescue mode off the
red hat install cd 1. That would be a first step. If you are pretty
sure the disk is hosed I would try putting it into another box and
getting the data off that way, or using knoppix to access it (if
possible) and dump it to a CD or another drive if you have another
drive. Sometimes these methods work...

On 7/17/05, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
> a quick suggestion would be to boot to knoppix, and see if you can get
> to your data
> that way.
> 
> what distribution do you have installed?
> 
> On 7/17/05, B C <bc81982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I recently booted up my computer and got the message "Buffer I/O error
> > on device hda, logical block #"  (#=0 to 7)
> >
> > It seems to me that my hd failed?  Any thoughts?  Is there any way to
> > recover the hard drive and save my data?  TIA
> >
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