Re: /var/log/messages questions

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:30:28 -0500, Michelle Murrain said:

> Hi folks,
>  
>  2 strange (to me) messages appear in my /var/log/messages file. Any ideas on 
>  these?
>  
>  First, simply:
>  
>  Nov 28 10:41:52 blackbear -- MARK --
>  Nov 28 11:01:52 blackbear -- MARK --
>  Nov 28 11:21:52 blackbear -- MARK --
>  Nov 28 11:41:52 blackbear -- MARK --
>  Nov 28 12:01:52 blackbear -- MARK --
>  Nov 28 12:21:52 blackbear -- MARK --  

These are normal entries which I believe are used internally by syslogd.
        
>  
>  
>  Every 20 minutes. No, I don't have any cron or at jobs going at this interval.
>  
>  Second is more disturbing...
>  
>  Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x1b) failed
>  Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
>  Nov 22 06:26:53 blackbear kernel: 02:00: rw=0, want=14, limit=4
>  
>  This happened a lot at one point. I can't tell what device it's talking about.

This one would concern me also, but I don't know what it means.

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Andrew