[parisc-linux] Disk problems

[James Smith]

I just got a pile of 712/60's - $80 for 10 of em :)


i've set one up & now i'm going through the disks one at a time &
cloning them as its quicker than going through the install each time


i've hit one disk that gives me this whenever i try to fdisk it 


sixty:~# fdisk /dev/sdb

Unable to read /dev/sdb


when i tried to zero the disk, i got this....

sixty:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb count=1 bs=512 
dd: writing `/dev/sdb': Input/output error
1+0 records in
0+0 records out

the console sees the disk when i use search 

does this indicate a dead disk?

the disk was ok until i put it into a mac......

James S