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I tried the cat /dev/hda > /dev/null method and this is what I got.(i did it 3 times it only took about 3 minutes)
Starting bash.
empeg:/empeg/bin# cat /dev/hda > /dev/null
hda: read_intr: status=0x59
hda: read_intr: error=0x40
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 133080
So what do you think?


Unplug the empeg completely, plug it back in, and do the test again.

If the same sector 133080 comes up again, then that sector on the drive is bad.

-ml