[UCLA-LUG] boot problem

[Jorge Balbas]

Hi,

Although it seems harmless, my computer sometimes gives me a hard disk 
error at boot time.  I have RH6.0 in a pentium, and i changed the hard 
drive this summer after a crash.  At boot time, two things may happen: the 
machine gets to LILO with no problem and boots.  Or right before getting to 
LILO (the very previous line to "lilio boot:") it displays "Updating 
ESCD."  Then it boots from LILO and when checking /dev/hda6 it reports to 
have found a file system with errors and recommends to run fsck.  I run 
fsck, recieve a couple "reading block #### resulted in short read" 
messages, and after fsck finishes, i reboot.  Everything continues working 
fine until the next time the machine decides to update ESCD at boot time.

Any idea what the problem may be?

THX,

Jorge Balbas