[PLUG] Error reading block xxxx

Richard C. Steffens rsteff at comcast.net
Sat Nov 11 03:31:57 UTC 2006


Carlos Konstanski wrote:

> I'd get that knoppix 4.0 disk in there and see if a newer version of
> fsck.ext2 will help.

At Rich's recommendation, I swapped hdc and hdd so that the 40GB hard
drive is now hdc and the cdrom drive is now hdd. When I try to boot from
the knoppix 4.0 CD I get the following (after the BIOS stuff is finished):

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
OS load in progress...

ISOLINUX 2.11 2004-08-16 isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to
wing it ...
isolinux: Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

BIOS shows the correct configuration:

  Primary IDE Master  ST38410A
   Primary IDE Slave  Not Installed
Secondary IDE Master  ST340810A
 Secondary IDE Slave  ATAPI 44X CDROM

The Knoppix 4.0 CD boots just fine in my laptop.

Also, the problem system boots from the RH 7.0 CD.

Otherwise, I'm still where I was when the drives were reversed, except
that I've brought the machine up to my office so I can sit in front of
it, instead of standing on the chair!

Any other ideas?

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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