Re: Massive e2fs corruption with 2.2.9/10?

Ed McMan (ed@EdMcMan.Yi.Org)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:44:43 -0400 (EDT)


I'm having a similar problem. This couldn't be a hardware problem for two
reason. My friend has the exact same modem computer as me, and he gets
the same error. And, whenever I boot into 2.2.7, no more ext2 errors.
None of the hardware is faulty on this box.

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From, Ed McMan of EdMcMan.Yi.Org (shell.m00.net)

On 20 Jun 1999, Chris Adams wrote:

> Once upon a time, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said:
> >But yes, for the time being I will just assume it is hardware-related, and
> >just wait for the reports to continue.
>
> I thought mine might be hardware related, but I have not been able to
> duplicate any problems 2.2.5. For one test, I've been running a kernel
> compile burn-in script which basically runs "make -j4" and compares the
> output from run to run - I got it when I had one of the buggy AMD K6
> chips. After that, I've tried to only get quality stuff. I had power
> supply troubles, so I got a good PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool power
> supply. I got name brand memory (can't remember _which_ brand :-) )
> after I had some suspect RAM. After that, my system has run virtually
> flawlessly for 6-9 months now. Until I put 2.2.9 and then 2.2.10 on it.
> I ran a lot of the late 2.1.x kernels on this system and never had any
> trouble (well, except for known things).

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