Ixthusdan Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 If the disk read error is not being caused from some spureous issue, then we must assume it is a real problem. Data recorded to a bad sector of the hard drive will never be readable. I suggest a reinstall after thoroughly scanning the drive with a disk utility. Drives with bad sectors are common and usable, as long as no attempt is made to store data in the bad sectors. A utility lables the sectors so that they are not used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 X did you run XFdrake and/or drakconf?...then startx? errors the same? change your driver to Driver "vesa" ldm http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...7&highlight=ldm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnc75ohm Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 I also have an internal zip drive and get the same error when I boot. Been getting it for several months now, but it doesn't seen to be hurting anything. I read some place that if you boot with a zip disk in the drive you won't get the error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Falcon Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 Heres the latest: I erased the existing XConfig files and ran XFdrake. I lowered my reslution to 800x600 @ 60Hz, I chose 8 bit, I also chose Xfree 3.6.6 (instead of 4.0) because my card supports 3D acceleration. I also chose the ATI (Utah) driver instead of the ATI Rage 3D driver, I answered yes to boot automatically into X. I rebooted, got a flashing blue screen for a while and finally the CLI. I then ran startx and I got the first time wizard. I clicked finish once I completed the wizard. From there I have a blue screen, a "watch" cursor and my hard drive is going like crazy. After 20 minutes I realized it wasn't going to do anymore than that and rebooted. After getting the flashing screen again I was taken to the CLI (again) where I again ran startx (again). Same results. I'm thinking my next step is to throw the damn thing out the window. Falcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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