On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am having a strange problem. When I boot into Linux, I get a
> "CRC Error -- System Halted" error when vmlinuz is being loaded. The
> strange thing is that it only happens sometimes; if I reset the machine
> 2 or 3 times in a roll, the kernel boots just fine. No error once the
> kernel got rolling, and no problem running anything including the
> beautiful KDE. I tried using several different kernel and even compiled
> the latest 2.2.3 kernel just to test, but the same phenomenon keep
> happening. What might be the cause here? Could this be hardware related?
> Here's my setup:
>
> Cyrix P150+
> 128MB RAM
> 1.6 GB IDE HD
> IDE CDROM
> Logitech Mouse
> Matrox Mystique
>
> and I am running Linux Mandrake 5.3 with 2.2.3 kernel. Please note that
> this happens with the 2.0.36 kernel that came with mandrake as well. I
> can live with this error but it is annoying as hell. Any help is greatly
> appreciated!
>
> -JC
I was getting the same error, the problem that caused it in my case was a
failing HD of the boot section, I fdisked /mbr and did about three installs of
Mandrake before I figured it out. I replaced the drive and have not had a
problem since.
