Guest Enos Shenk Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Probably the wrong forum, but its not what i would term a software problem... I got bored and decided to install linux on a $30 garage sale computer i got, since ive had good experiences with mandrake in the past i chose it. Installation was fine, but after loading the system for the first time, KDE gave me an error that it couldnt write to my home directory. I figured OK, hop on a terminal, SU, and chmod it until it gives up. Well, it seems /home/enos isnt really there. I get this when i login on a terminal: No directory /home/enos! Logging in with home = "/" -bash: /home/enos.bash_profile input/output error I can ls in /home and see /enos sitting right there, but when you try to cd to it, get the input/output error again. I dont use linux very much. Im proficent in working with a linux install thats working fine, but i dont have a damn clue about this. So keeping any answers at a level i can understand would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Could be a damaged hard drisk. Try reinstalling but i bet the hard drive is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirogen2 Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Do a cat /dev/hdX /dev/null or even (with pretty status display) dd_rescue /dev/hdX /dev/null to check whether the HD can be read without faults. If the latter aborts with I/O error, you got the answer. The second method (dd_rescue) will go through all blocks (like Windows Scandisk), when it's finished it shows the number of bad bytes/kbytes/etc. Replace hdX accordingly. Also listen to your HD while it is being scanned for scratching noises. Try to distinguish it from the normal operation noise (idle and intense r/w). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 mount /home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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