On Monday 17 Nov 2003 11:03 pm, charo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting at startup the following error: > > ldm_validate_partition_table(): disk_read failed > > very so often, which makes me realize that I don't know how to > replace a hard disk and keep all my directories the same way as > before the crash. > > Then, I have the following questions: > 1) How can I know which of my two HDs is almost broken? > 2) How can I move all data from the broken dist to a new one? > 3) Is it possible to check whether the disk is usable? > > Any links or hints will be very much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Rosario > P.s. I just have my data partially backuped, but not the whole > system.
Do you have a removable drive in there? A Zip drive or something like that? If you have, and there is no disk in the drive you will see the error message. It's nothing to worry about. I get round it by keeping an old floppy in my LS120. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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