crc error Re: First-time boot stuck at Uncompressing Linux

[Tom Cooper <tom_cooper bigfoot com>]

crc - cyclic redundancy check
basically, it means that there was a data reliability error while trying to
load the kernel.  
A good description an be found here: (and many other places as well, I'm sure)
http://ftp.ice.ntnu.edu.tw/docs/roger/CRCMYST.HTM

Perhaps there's a bad spot on the drive where the kernel is stored.  During
installation, did you check the option for"check for bad blocks during
format?"  This might help.

If the drive has some bad sectors (they all do) which are not excluded from
use before writing data to them, it's possible to have this happen.

I'd be that you're very close.  Try installation again, and take the time
to let it find bad hard disk blocks and mark them as unusable.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Tom

>
>>I wish I had an elegant solution for you, but alas I do not.  Have
you
>>tried reinstallation?
>
>
>Yes I did, and this time I got
>
>LILO
boot:
>Loading linux ................
>Uncompressing Linux...
>
>crc
error
>
>-- System halted
>
>
>I will try to re-position the boot partition
on my hard disk so that it is 
>within the 1024 cyl boundary, I'll let you
know how I get on.
>
>By the way, what does "crc error" mean?
>
>Richard
>
>
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