Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:50:01 +0200 | From | Harald Koenig <> | Subject | Re: Massive e2fs corruption with 2.2.9/10? |
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On Jun 17, Alan Cox wrote:
> > If I copy a large (650Mb) file to a different filename, then perform a > > compare on them, I encounter random, different miscompares. I've seen > > this on several 2.2.9 and 2.2.10 systems. > > Ok people is this > > SCSI or IDE (or a mix)
I'm using NCR810, no IDE at all
> What compiler was used
# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.2.10 (root@turtle) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #122 Mon Jun 14 09:09:42 MEST 1999
> I'll go try and break my hardisk
On Jun 17, Philip Gladstone wrote:
> Ahah -- when I try this with a 120MB file, I get non-random miscompares! > > 530> cp bigone bigtwo; cmp bigone bigtwo > bigone bigtwo differ: char 1365812, line 13789 > 531> cp bigone bigtwo; cmp bigone bigtwo > bigone bigtwo differ: char 24542708, line 277660
I've done some similar attempts with 110MB and 220MB files but I had no `success' (read: no compare errors!).
btw, you always should use `cmp -l file1 file2' in order to get more information! ^^ ^^
Harald -- All SCSI disks will from now on ___ _____ be required to send an email notice 0--,| /OOOOOOO\ 24 hours prior to complete hardware failure! <_/ / /OOOOOOOOOOO\ \ \/OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\ \ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO|// Harald Koenig, \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Inst.f.Theoret.Astrophysik // / \\ \ koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de ^^^^^ ^^^^^
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