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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it>
Subject: Re: Repairing boot
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2014, Luciano Mannucci wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:02:45 -0600 (MDT)
> Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
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>> That is an unfamiliar error to me.  If you post the exact output,
>> someone may recognize it.
> Well, Hard Disk was died shortly after that.
> I have a new one now, with a 10-CURRENT installed, so I don't now
> whether I'll be able to get the same error again :-) (hopfully :).
> I'll keep you posted, BTW.

Ah, that could explain the mysterious problems.  mfsBSD 
(http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/) has smartmontools built in, which is handy for 
checking drives for reallocated sectors or other failure indicators.