> it is a good idea to visit the manufacturers' site. download an utility > and test the drive for errors. seagate and western digital have pretty > good utilities that run off a floppy after you boot using a dos bootdisk. Thanks for all the replies, I've downloaded a drive testing program from Fujitsu's site, and found an error identified by a cryptic error code, and instructions to send it to the manufacturer for fixing. I've sent off a mail requesting more info on what this failure actually is... but unlike GNU/Linux support, Fujitsu Support doesn't function on Sundays. It's wait and see... Thanks everyone, Hugo van der Merwe -- To send me private (non-world-readable) mail, GPG encrypt it. 1024D/60715698: 5F2E 8EC2 E0A4 5D25 0569 F281 4A6C D76D 6071 5698
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