Quote Originally Posted by gnukish
@Underscore: Perhaps my last post wasnt clear. Correct this time and tell me if Iam wrong and how.
Your post was very clear, just inappropriate for this situation. The drive has a bad block, at best, or is just about to crash, at worst. Therefore, installing Knoppix to the HD is a Bad Idea(TM).

IMHO, the best approach would be to either to mount the drive and copy the data off, which is what Underscore recomended. Or use dd_rescue to image the drive (type 'dd_rescue --help' or use google for more info).

Regards,
- Robert
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