On 10/27/07, Tonnerre LOMBARD  wrote:

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> Salut,

>

> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 12:14:49PM -0500, bofh wrote:

> > I'm really curious, I've never heard of a HD firmware killing bug in

> > linux since 1.3.x. I used to spend a lot of time following linux in

> > the 1.2 1.3 kernel times and don't recall hearing about that bug.

>

> Well, that was when I first noticed it. It is a bit hard to track in the

> mess that Linux is, but it still exists in the 2.6 series: a 2.6.20

> kernel Linux'd yet another hard disk of mine a couple of weeks ago.

What exactly were the symptoms of your drive being "linux'd"?

Also, I'm wondering if this discussion shouldn't be taken off-list,

since it's really about Linux, not OpenBSD.