From: "Sam Varshavchik" <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> How do i create a new rpmdb with current installed packages? >> Or am i doomed? :) >An hdd error means - kiss your data good bye. >Salvage whatever data files you need, take the hard drive and throw it in >the trash. Thats not the answer on my question :) i have many boxes with.... The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon: Device: /dev/hda, 3 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors .....such messages and they still running fine after 2+ years (and have a lot data reads/writes) So now the right answer please :) Danny.