I've used smartctl in the past to see if they're on the way out. It also can probe S.M.A.R.T and a bunch of other fun statistics if your hdd supports it.<div><br><div><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>smartctl -a <device> </div><div><br></div><div>It is a part of the 'smartmontools' package in fedora. </div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick</div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Bill Schwanitz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bilsch@bilsch.org" target="_blank">bilsch@bilsch.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
that looks like a physical medium or file system error.<br>
<br>
look at dmesg output and/or /var/log/messages ( or syslog or kernel )<br>
<br>
post back if you find anything that looks like an error<br>
<br>
<br>
Bill Schwanitz<br>
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If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein.<br>
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On Dec 2, 2012, at 1:45 PM, "Thomas W. cranston" <<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
>> 12:39:48 tom@1520: ~/Desktop$ md5sum<br>
> linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso<br>
>> md5sum: linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso: Input/output error<br>
><br>
> Wondering if the above indicates bad checksum, or something wrong w/my<br>
> laptop?<br>
><br>
> Tom<br>
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