Re: Hard drive failure?

Paul Goyette <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.current
Message-ID <[email protected]>
yes, I would suspect the disk is dead, based obn that video.

get a new one.  maybe use this as an excuse to replace the spinning
rust with some silicon (ie, SSD)


On Thu, 5 Feb 2026, pin wrote:

> While booting my system two days ago, I got some looping errors and boot failed. After that, I could no longer boot the OS.
>
> I did a manufacturer memory test that came out clean.
>
> To test the disk, I wipe the system and installed Linux Mint, the installation went fine and disktest reported the following, https://imgur.com/xyjzhKD
>
> Again, I cleaned up the disk and tried to install NetBSD but something is wrong :(
>
> The messages are the same as when it first failed.
>
> I've uploaded a video of it here, https://streamable.com/6iifem
> (the link expires in 48h)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Is the disk failing or something even more serious?
>
> Thank you!
> /Pedro
>
> !DSPAM:698497cc159663032215379!
>
>

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