Managed to get 2.4.1 to Oops without locking up entirely: I have no idea what's causing this... I just mkfs'ed all the drives fresh, so there shouldn't be any filesystem corruption. Ideas? Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d8958100 c0130704 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[__block_prepare_write+224/584] EFLAGS: 00010283 eax: 000004f0 ebx: 00000322 ecx: 00000000 edx: d89580e8 esi: 00000800 edi: ce01a322 ebp: c25c5ef8 esp: c25c5ec8 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process innd (pid: 585, stackpage=c25c5000) Stack: 00000322 c13b86f8 c331c360 000004f0 00000400 00000f3b c25c5ef8 ce044980 ce01a000 00000400 00035221 d89580e8 000fc340 c013e3b0 c0130ea2 c39fc2c0 c13b86f8 00000322 000004f0 c014ccbc c13b86f8 fffffff4 c014d425 c13b86f8 Call Trace: [<d89580e8>] [posix_lock_file+1344/1360] [block_prepare_write+34/60] [ext2_get_block+0/1332] [ext2_prepare_write+25/32] [ext2_get_block+0/1332] [generic_file_write+812/1204] Code: f6 42 18 10 0f 85 b2 00 00 00 6a 01 52 8b 5c 24 30 53 8b 44 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Trace; d89580e8 <END_OF_CODE+18675b5c/????> Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: f6 42 18 10 testb $0x10,0x18(%edx) Code; 00000004 Before first symbol 4: 0f 85 b2 00 00 00 jne bc <_EIP+0xbc> 000000bc Before first symbol Code; 0000000a Before first symbol a: 6a 01 push $0x1 Code; 0000000c Before first symbol c: 52 push %edx Code; 0000000d Before first symbol d: 8b 5c 24 30 mov 0x30(%esp,1),%ebx Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 53 push %ebx Code; 00000012 Before first symbol 12: 8b 44 00 00 mov 0x0(%eax,%eax,1),%eax Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d89580ec c012fd64 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[getblk+128/296] EFLAGS: 00010286 eax: c1450000 ebx: 00000002 ecx: 0004c11a edx: d89580e8 esi: 00000008 edi: 00000801 ebp: 00000026 esp: c1bd1e1c ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process innfeed (pid: 588, stackpage=c1bd1000) Stack: c1bd1f00 c3a64de0 c3a64de0 c3a64e50 00000801 00001f6e c014d253 00000801 0004c11a 00000400 cfb5cd40 00000001 c3a64de0 c33293a0 0004c11a c354a3c0 c3320801 c354a3c0 00030002 00000010 c1bd1e94 c1bd1e78 c1bd1e7c c198a2a0 Call Trace: [ext2_getblk+99/204] [ext2_find_entry+177/944] [error_code+52/64] [file_read_actor+51/104] [ext2_unlink+39/204] [vfs_unlink+231/300] [sys_unlink+165/284] Code: 39 4a 04 75 12 31 c0 66 8b 42 08 3b 44 24 24 75 06 66 39 7a Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: 39 4a 04 cmp %ecx,0x4(%edx) Code; 00000003 Before first symbol 3: 75 12 jne 17 <_EIP+0x17> 00000017 Before first symbol Code; 00000005 Before first symbol 5: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax Code; 00000007 Before first symbol 7: 66 8b 42 08 mov 0x8(%edx),%ax Code; 0000000b Before first symbol b: 3b 44 24 24 cmp 0x24(%esp,1),%eax Code; 0000000f Before first symbol f: 75 06 jne 17 <_EIP+0x17> 00000017 Before first symbol Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 66 39 7a 00 cmp %di,0x0(%edx) Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d89580ec c012fd64 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[getblk+128/296] EFLAGS: 00010286 eax: c1450000 ebx: 00000002 ecx: 0004a014 edx: d89580e8 esi: 00000008 edi: 00000801 ebp: 00000025 esp: c15e9f38 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process kupdate (pid: 6, stackpage=c15e9000) Stack: 0004a014 000000a0 00002280 c1b25c20 00000801 00001555 c012fffe 00000801 0004a014 00000400 00000801 c014e1f6 00000801 0004a014 00000400 00000001 c1b25c20 cff68238 cff68200 c7707ab4 00000286 00000001 cff68200 00000801 Call Trace: [bread+26/112] [ext2_update_inode+302/952] [ext2_write_inode+15/20] [sync_inodes+296/388] [sync_old_buffers+14/56] [kupdate+222/232] [kernel_thread+35/48] Code: 39 4a 04 75 12 31 c0 66 8b 42 08 3b 44 24 24 75 06 66 39 7a Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: 39 4a 04 cmp %ecx,0x4(%edx) Code; 00000003 Before first symbol 3: 75 12 jne 17 <_EIP+0x17> 00000017 Before first symbol Code; 00000005 Before first symbol 5: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax Code; 00000007 Before first symbol 7: 66 8b 42 08 mov 0x8(%edx),%ax Code; 0000000b Before first symbol b: 3b 44 24 24 cmp 0x24(%esp,1),%eax Code; 0000000f Before first symbol f: 75 06 jne 17 <_EIP+0x17> 00000017 Before first symbol Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 66 39 7a 00 cmp %di,0x0(%edx) 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/