Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote:
> I keep getting the message below:-
> 
> attempt to access beyond end of device>
> 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760
> 
> I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander ...
Could be very bad...
Try closing your programs and rebooting your computer with the force
fsck option, you can use this command (as root) :

   shutdown -F -r now

Then tell us what the fsck reported.

> ... & the
> problems arrival co-incides with a failure to find eth0. 

> Anyone care to comment on either & if thay are likely to be linked.
> 
> Running deb testing Kernel 2.4.25-1-386