On Wednesday 05 February 2003 18:59, David Turetsky wrote: > When I boot under linux, periodically (occasionally under Potato, > frequently now that I've installed a fresh copy of Woody) I get > > > > Boot: (linux selected) > > Loading Linux…………………… (24, count ‘em) > > W07 > > W07 > > Uncompressing Linux… > > > > Crc error > > > > System halted > > I believe crc is ‘cyclic redundancy check’ which I take to mean a hard > drive read error > > Does this imply that my IBM Deskstar 32gb hdd, a friend these last 3 ½ > years, is increasingly showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? Am I > indeed unwise to continue to use it and should instead install linux on > one of my newer drives? Or can some lilo (or other) setting be tweaked > to resolve this?
Considering that this is the worst startup error I've seen on this list yet and the type and age of the disk, I'd consider shopping for a new one in any case. The "workaround" of power cycling the machine is another hint toward a technical failure, so get your important stuff off that drive. And stop using Outlook, please! Not because I hate MS but because the formatting (searching polite word..... none found.) stinks. -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]