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Re: Error 0x40 on Bootup



On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:46:21 +0300, David Baron (d_baron@012.net.il) wrote: 

> Last couple of days on first bootup got:
> 
> Error 0x40
> Boot linux-2.6.23......?
> 
> 1st time, I hit reset and bootup up normally
> Today, I hit return.
> Got a partial bios check .....
> Got the error again.
> Hit return
> Got a complete bios check and things ran normally.
> 
> What is the problem and how to correct?

The first Google result for "Error 0x40" is:

http://www2.uic.edu/~aciani1/sector_blues.html which suggest a bad
hard drive sector.

-- 
Bob Cox.  Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/

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