Re: Problems with file corruption on C240
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 12:39:16PM +0100, James Stocks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run Sarge on my C240, but I've hit a roadblock. The
> installation routine completes fine using the minimal CD and it will
> reboot into the new Debian install, but after a day or two it eats my
> files. The problem can be quickly reproduced by doing something like
> repeatedly compiling the kernel or using 'stress'.
Which kernel version?
Can you take a quick glance at this How-to for me?
http://www.parisc-linux.org/faq/kernelbug-howto.html
> EXT3-fs error (device sda5): ext3_free_blocks: bit already cleared
> for block 249189
...
> Is this caused by my stupidity or is it the hardware? I'm confident
> that I've got the FWSCSI chain terminated properly, there are no
> other devices on the chain and the HD has an ID of 5.
I think this is a kernel bug and ISTR discussion about ext2/ext3
data corruption some time ago...pulling in a new kernel would be
my preference and shouldn't hurt given the issues you are already facing.
grant
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