On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:58:52AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I'm running a computer box that is recently purchased second hand -
> new to me, but not new. While running a script that does a disk to
> disk copy with some reformatting on a file of a few GB, I got this
> burst of lines on all open gnome-terminal windows:
>
> #### start of cut and paste:
[snip kernel messages.
> #### end
>
> The computer is a Dell desktop on which I have loaded Squeeze and
> Gnome. I've seen this type of outburst from this computer before, but
> haven't had the presence of mind to capture a copy and send it to this
> list. The computer is running only a home brew data processing script
> in written in Bash and there are several window open to monitor
> different aspects of its progress. The script does not crash. It
> continues to be possible to interact with it, including, even using
> aptitude to install software. What does this outburst mean?
Dunno, but I wouldn't trust it. I'd suspect a h/w problem.
Don't store any important data on it.
Can you guarrantee that the data integrity is ok?
Boot a knoppix cd, run memtest.
Find a test disk to test h/w
HDD, motherboard, etc
Anyone know of any good ones?
I'm on the lookout for some myself :)
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