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When I boot my Arch Linux computer, it loads up Linux, and then comes up with "crc error", and the system halts. I have replaced the hard-drive, loaded with a clone of the old hard-drive, but I still get the error. Could faulty memory, a problem with Linux itself, or some other factor be causing this? | ||||
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Please download and run Memtest86+ to rule out memory errors. If there are any, replace your RAM. If there aren't, get a LiveCD containing smartmontools package from here, boot from it and check your disks' SMART status (as well as run self-tests to detect bad sectors). If everything passes, the issue is elsewhere - however, it's likely that one of the above tests will fail. | ||||
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Similar issue discussed here, also this could be due a CRC checksum failure that is detected at the time the kernel is decompressed. If the new hard drive has a copy of the corrupted file, it makes sense that you would see the same result. Could you post more of the text around the error message? | ||||
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faulty memory sounds like a very good candidate indeed. Try switching some ram sticks or removing 1 of 2 ( if you have 2 ) to see if it gets any better. Also try to check your BIOS settings, you may have some stuff there that may be causing it. I would recommend to install windows on the second drive and try running it to rule out that it's not a linux prob. Oh, and if you happened to overclock your machine lately make sure you revert the changes. | ||||
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