B. Szyszka:
> I've reinstalled Debian to try to get a cleaner setup going, but am
> running into some error messages:
> hdb: write_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: write_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
That's *usually*¹ a sign that your hard disk is about to die on you. Do a
backup, buy a new drive, and copy the stuff over to that one.
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peter
¹ It has been each time I've gotten them.