Re: Kernel panic: EXT2-fs panic

Ricky Beam (root@defiant.interpath.net)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:23:27 -0500 (EST)


Letting the chips far where they may, I quote Matt Nelson:
>
>HELP! I've gotten my first kernel panic! I have *no* idea what to do.

<grin> reboot and see if it does it again...

> Jan 7 14:21:37 gumby kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:11, sector 528
...
>The funny thing is that the scsidisk error says dev 08:11; is it refering
>to:
>
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 11 Sep 12 1994 /dev/sda11

That's a HEX number... so it is 8, 17 or /dev/sdb1 that it's bitchin' about.

Check the cables. If it keeps happening, try turning off the cache. (Not the
CPU's cache but the COAST module cache.)

--Ricky