On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:14:22 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message
<6fb8a2c0-8853-ba71-1bd1-a3a8a518d0c5@???>:

> On 7/27/19 2:52 PM, Haines Brown wrote:

...

> > I will run # e2fsck -p -f and then reboot and try to install Grub
> > again. But given the problem might be a damaged hard disk, safest
> > would be to concentrate on getting my system working on the new disk
> > before experimenting with the old to get its GRUB working.
>
> Good plan.
>
> To test the drive, install smartmontools (on the new system) and run
> 'smartctl -a /dev/sda' (or /dev/sdb, or do both.)

..to rule out false positives from e.g. a bad powersupply,
failing systemboard etc, also test that drive in a known
good machine.

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..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.