Bug#290418: kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686-smp: I have an SATA disc driven by this kernel which has acquired a large number of fsck errors

["Jon Thackray" <jgt@pobox.com>]

maximilian attems writes:
 > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Jon Thackray wrote:
 > 
 > > Package: kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686-smp
 > > Severity: grave
 > > Justification: renders package unusable
 > 
 > 2.6.5 is not a sarge kernel and month old,
 > it is not supported in any way.
 >  
 > > The system is an Intel 865 MB with video and networking. I have three 
 > > PATA and one SATA disc. Despite the system not having had power fails or 
 > > any hardware failures, the SATA disc has become badly corrupted, with 
 > > serious loss of data, such that fsck reported it needed to be run 
 > > manually. Running fsck manually reported several hundred errors, and has 
 > > resulted in around 40 files and at least one directory in lost+found. 
 > > Other symptoms noticed include very slow ls performance if the disc is 
 > > otherwise in use (order of seconds if not minutes to complete), and data 
 > > which appears to change after it has supposedly been written. 
 > 
 > as 2.6.5 is not supported i will have to close your bug report.
 > anyway without any error logs, nor info what fs you are using aboves
 > bug report is quite useless.
 > 
 > > I would 
 > > like to move to a later kernel, however, 2.6.8 does not even boot on 
 > > this hardware, which appears to be a known bug.
 > 
 > if it's the bug you already reported than follow the asked procedures.
 > if not please submit a new one.

Ok, I'll see what happens when I manage to move to a later kernel.
However, I would be interested to know if there have been bugs fixed
regarding the integrity of ext3 filesystems on SATA drives.

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