[Gllug] Dead Reiser drive

[Jim Bailey]

On Oct 21, 12:30, SteveC wrote:
> A friend asked me to look at his 120 gig reiser drive that wouldn't
> mount. If I try to dd or badblocks it then I get some errors and then
> it locks up IDE and I can't even shutdown -r now, it hangs trying to
> sync.
> 
> So I think it's gone to that big IDE controller in the sky, unless
> anyone has suggestions other than paying someone in a cleanroom to do
> some magic?

depending on whats up with it, you could try putting it in the freezer
in a zip lock bag and some moisture absorbent gel etc. to see if that
helps.

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