On Wednesday 19 Nov 2003 3:43 pm, Alan Dunford wrote: > On Wednesday 19 Nov 2003 3:27 pm, charo wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Kind of worried > > Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:03:33 +0100 > > From: charo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Organization: Universidad de Alicante > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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. > > I assume you are running Mandrake 9.1. This is caused by a bug in the > kernel - if you enter the full error message in Google and search on it, > you will get a range of answers to the problem. This was a "problem" for > me until installing 9.2. > > So far as I know, it never caused any difficulties with any programs I was > then running.
Sorry but I didn't answer your question properly. Have a look at the following URL - http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade However, I don't think your hard disk is broken. -- Alan Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux 9.2 A 100% Microsoft-free computer
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