Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!spool2.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!jdwhite From: jdwhite@iastate.edu (White Jason David) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Minix 1.5 bad disk Message-ID: <1990Dec29.224525.15395@news.iastate.edu> Date: 29 Dec 90 22:45:25 GMT References: <1990Dec29.014903.12192@chance.UUCP> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA Lines: 11 While installing Minix on my hard disk, I got a unrecoverable read error on disk #9 (of 12 in the 3.5" set). When it came time to uncompress these files, the system hung when it got to the file that it couldn't completely read. Because of this, I've had a heck of a time getting Minix going on my machine. Question: Is it worth my while to try and return the disk? Can I return the disk? -- J. White "Ah, I see you have the machine that goes BING!" jdwhite@iastate.edu - Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"