[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

[Jeff]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
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> I assume that the hdd is failing - but I haven't seen any messages
> from smartmontools.  Is there any way I can check that?  If it is I
> don't want to waste time trying to repair it.
<snip>

Most hdd manufacturers have bootable CD images you can download which
have utilities and thorough diagnostics.

-- 
Jeff