Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:59:43 GMT | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.1 ext2-related crash |
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Hi,
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:03:04 +0100, Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de> said:
> Linux 2.2.1, K6-233, NCR815, no signs of trouble with the disk (IBM > DCAS) or memory so far.
> Then the system crashed and was rebooted (perhaps by softdog). The > partition on 08:01 showed severe damage (lots of "entry has > deleted/invalid inode" type errors, luckily mostly for /dev entries).
Sounds like something stomped on the wrong range of disk blocks. In my experience of chasing these problems, 90% of the time it is controller, cable or disk related. The remainder of the faults are usually CPU or memory.
--Stephen
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