Is my hard drive dead?

[RollyPolly]

Ok, so i basically spent 4 hours straight trying to get Kali to work on an old IBM T40, and several times, it's failed at installing and I'm getting this in system logs:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.396967] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.396973] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 0a b4 00 00 02 00
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.403998] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Unhandled sense code
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404033] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404041] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404050] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404056] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404065] Info fld=0xab4
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404075] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404083] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404093] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404099] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 0a b4 00 00 02 00
I've verified checksum BTW.

[maverik35]

Ok, so i basically spent 4 hours straight trying to get Kali to work on an old IBM T40, and several times, it's failed at installing and I'm getting this in system logs:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.396967] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.396973] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 0a b4 00 00 02 00
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.403998] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Unhandled sense code
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404033] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404041] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404050] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404056] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404065] Info fld=0xab4
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404075] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0]
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404083] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404093] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB:
Oct 12 01:18:18 kernel: [12522.404099] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 0a b4 00 00 02 00
I've verified checksum BTW.

It seems to be a bad DVD disc or a bad DVD unit.