Re: Linux 2.0.27 kernel crashing

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:37:22 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Rob Allen wrote:

> I have been experiencing problems with my usenet news server lately and I
> think I finally found the cause, and hopefully someone here will recognize
> Pentium Pro 200Mhz
> 256Megs Ram
> Linux 2.0.27 (RedHat 4.0 installed)
> Adaptec 3940W SCSI controller
>
> ----------------- part of *.info from syslogd --------------------------
> Dec 28 17:56:53 news kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:11): ext2_find_entry:
> bad entry in directory #79873: rec_len % != 0 - offset=0,
> inode=1226980165, rec_len=16733, name_len=23123

Whoa....dejanews...

Dec 31 05:19:26 obi-wan kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:31):
ext2_find_entry: bad entry in directory #697414: rec_len % != 0 -
offset=3600, inode=707683375, rec_len=43694, name_len=44204
Dec 31 08:11:50 obi-wan kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:31):
ext2_read_inode: bad inode number: 0

Also a news server. P90, NCR 810, drive in question is:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: MICROP Model: 3243-19MZ Q4D Rev: HT02
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Running 2.0.25 right now. 2.0.27 seems to cause problems for innd on it.

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