Read error at booting

[Tom Horsley]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:00:40 +0000
Paul Smith wrote:

> "ERROR: pdc: reading /dev/sda[Input/output error]".
> 
> Any ideas?

'Fraid that sounds a lot like a dead disk, but if you
have unused disk ports you could try plugging the disk
in to a different port, changing the cable, using a
different power plug, and all the simple stuff that
probably won't work, but is easy to check before you
actually decide you have to swap the disk out.