Hi again, pascal.berna...@free.fr wrote:
> If it is a hardware problem, I do not see why it doesn't show with > the Mint system. >From a certain point of view, even many kernel bugs that have been fixed are hardware problems. That is, it can be possible to work around quirky hardware once problems are well understood. I agree that this doesn't sound like just bad memory. So let's assemble the information so far: - problem only is triggered when the root partition is lvm/md - problem (usually?) only arises on cold reboot. Here "cold" just means that the machine has not been powered on for long. For example, sitting around in grub for a few minutes or in the initramfs for some extra seconds prevents the problem from showing up. - problem only started showing up about a month ago. The lvm/md root partition is older than that (?). - symptoms seem like memory corruption. I'm not sure if anyone analyzed the pattern of corruption (random bit flipping? memory being cleared? some particular memory pattern?) I'm not sure what would be a good way to investigate further, alas. Maybe others have ideas. - trying with different hard disks? - trying with different LVM configurations? - using the same disks in a different machine (i.e., different motherboard, BIOS, etc)? - investigating the "cold" condition more --- e.g., does sitting around in the BIOS setup menu avoid trouble, too? Thanks for your attention to detail. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110911213009.GE3343@elie
