well that was silly. the fs is just ext2 2.6.8 kernel I haven't tried smartmontools. I will :-)
Brian >>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrea> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:57:05 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrea> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Whether or not this is related to debian is not clear, but it's >> possible. >> >> I've currently set fsck to run pretty much on every other boot. >> >> And just about every time it runs , it informs me that it fixed >> file system errors and reboots the system. >> >> However all other indicators of disk operation are just fine. I >> can moved 3+ GB files around, there is no funny core dumps or >> segfaults from executables, kernel compiles work fine, etc... >> >> So this problem has a history. I had previously been seeing >> corruption in the /dev directory and only the /dev directory. >> Duplicate file names, files which could not be deleted, etc... >> The only way to fix was to reboot with a rescue disk and wipe the >> /dev directory and start over. Unfortunately I had to do this >> several times. >> >> Naturally I wonder if my current problem and the previous are >> related. >> >> So here are some of the possibilities: >> >> 1. the /dev directory seems to be somewhat dynamic, could there >> be a debian start-up script which is/was somehow corrupting the >> /dev directory ? >> >> 2. Do I have bad blocks on the disk ? And how would I check >> this? Again, I've seen no other evidence whatsoever of flaky >> disk behavior ? >> >> 3. Could this be a bug in fsck ? Why doesn't fsck actually tell >> me what the errors are !! It just says "fixed them - rebooting". >> isn't this a Bad Thing (TM) ? >> >> Aaargh ! My linux box is acting like a windows box, it's so >> depressing ! >> Andrea> Filesystem used and kernel version? Have you tried to Andrea> install the "smartmontools" package to check your HD? Andrea> Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
