Re: ibook g4 hard drive failures
> well, i don't have osx installed, but from the osx cd, 'disk utility',
> when it can see the disk, either freezes while trying to probe it or
> keeps crunching it for ages before eventually listing the partitions...
Then it's your disk that is dead =P
> > Since nobody else is reporting that issue, I deduce that the problem is
> > local to your machine.
>
> thanks, that is what i wanted to hear :-)
>
> 9 months. it seems like lifetimes of hard disks are shrinking.
Yes, laptop hard disks are really bad
> > You should get the disk replaced ...
>
> fortunately the machine is still under warranty. actually, i already
> sent it back, and they couldn't find anything (i wonder how much they
> looked at). they also tried going with 'well, if you run linux, we can't
> do anything for you...' but replying with something like 'wait, the osx
> cd doesn't even see the disk anymore!' got them convinced :-)
Yah, that should be good enough :) Good luck with apple tho, they are
pretty bad at support ...
> cheers, piem
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