HELP! Sector error on hard drive

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From: Chris Sterritt
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:00

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Hello,

	I'm getting the following errors from my hard drive; I'm using
RedHat 3.0.3 with the 2.0.0 kernel.  I'd *REALLY* appreciate any tips
that you have be email'd as well as posted, since our site's newsfeed
is not too good (I *WILL* search these groups for the answer! :-):

hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide0: reset: success

(the above repeats in its entirety, then):

end_request: I/O error, dev 03:07, sector 417945
cp: bad_file: I/O error

	Is there anything I can do to save my disk?  I can rebuild the
file, but I'm loathe to lose 1.2 megs just because one sector in that
file is bad.

	Do IDE drives have a sector-remap capability like SCSI disks
do?  Should I be using a newer kernel?

	Thanks VERY much in advance,
	--chris sterritt

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From: sterritt@mrj.com (Chris Sterritt)
Subject: HELP! Sector error on hard drive
Date: 1996/10/12
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