Re: crc error when booting

[archan <archan@example.com>]

I am also confused with hatsuhiro's problem...

Can u clearly state ur wish and problem pointwise?

archan

roylo wrote:

> ok, I'm kinda confused at this point
>
> so please answer the following question for me
>
> Are you planning on installing linux with CD and the CD won't boot?
>
> Or are you having problem with existing installation?
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>
>     * From:* hatsuhiro <mailto:hatuhiro@example.com>
>
>     * To:*tlug@example.com <mailto:tlug@example.com>
>
>     * Sent:* Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:26 PM
>
>     * Subject:* crc error when booting
>
>
>     I'm perplexed in the error shown below. What's going on? (This is
>     a renewal for the previously sent message "boot error".) It must
>     be snap for experienced people.
>
>     My goal of this asking is to restore a Linux environment.
>
>     1) What is the meaning of "crc error"?
>
>     2) How can we get rid of this problem?
>
>     _My weird story is this._ I was supposing the bootable CD-ROM
>     could boot Linux no matter what file systems the HD had. Also am
>     I. After my hard disk had been FDISKed by Windows 98, I tried
>     booting Slackware 8.0 Linux to be installed. Then my machine
>     freezed with the following words:
>
>     ==============================================
>
>     LILO
>
>     (Some lines omitted)
>
>     boot :
>
>     Loading Linux ..................
>
>     Uncompressing Linux ...
>
>     crc error
>
>     -- System halted
>
>     ==============================================
>
>     I tried booting old Slackware 3.6 Linux, but I got the same
>     message as above. Incidentally I used its LILO bootdisk and on the
>     screen I found:
>
>     ==============================================
>
>     boot :
>
>     Loading
>     ...........................................................................................
>
>     (Most lines omitted)
>
>     Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:01
>
>     ==============================================
>
>     I again tried booting by the simple Boot Disk copied from vmlinuz,
>     and I got nothing new.
>
>     Slack 8.0 was newly unpacked recently and I'm pretty sure that my
>     Slack 3.6 and its boot disks are in good condition. In fact, those
>     Linux systems did perfectly worked before I tried setting up one
>     of Microsoft Windows. I don't have a "rescue" disk, that even I
>     don't know of.
>
>     Now, Linux system software but MS Windows doesn't work on my
>     computer, so I have no help, except for asking experts.
>
>     How do we troubleshoot it in that environment where no Linux does
>     work? Is Windows temporarilly helpful? What I want is to fdisk a
>     FAT-FDISKed HD by a Linux bootable CD.
>
>     Any questions? Please help in plain English.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Hoshino
>