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    SubjectRe: 2.4.17 oops - ext2/ext3 fs corruption (?)
    On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:

    > Eric wrote:
    > >
    > > I seem to be having a reoccurring problem with my Red Hat 7.2 system
    > > running kernel 2.4.17. Four times now, I have seen the kernel generate an
    > > oops. After the oops, I find that one of file systems is no longer sane.
    > > The effect that I see is a Segmentation Fault when things like ls or du
    > > some directory (the directory is never the same). Also, when the system
    > > is going down for a reboot, it is unable to umount the file system. The
    > > umount command returns a "bad lseek" error.
    >
    > Everything here points at failing hardware. Probably memory errors.
    > People say that memtest86 is good at detecting these things. Another
    > way to verify this is to move the same setup onto a different computer...

    I ran memtest86 on the system and let it complete 4 passes before I
    stopped it. It found no errors. Unfortunately, I do not have another
    system available to test this on. Are there any other diagnostics I can
    run to determine if this is truly a hardware problem?

    Thanks,

    Eric


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