On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:03:04 +0100, Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
said:
> Linux 2.2.1, K6-233, NCR815, no signs of trouble with the disk (IBM
> DCAS) or memory so far.
> Then the system crashed and was rebooted (perhaps by softdog). The
> partition on 08:01 showed severe damage (lots of "entry has
> deleted/invalid inode" type errors, luckily mostly for /dev entries).
Sounds like something stomped on the wrong range of disk blocks. In
my experience of chasing these problems, 90% of the time it is
controller, cable or disk related. The remainder of the faults are
usually CPU or memory.
--Stephen
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