Re: [gentoo-user] Suspect fs, or suspect disk, or something else?

2010-11-10 Thread Mick
On 9 November 2010 23:30, Stroller wrote: > > On 9/11/2010, at 4:04pm, Alex Schuster wrote: >> ... >>> I need to mention here that the machine is a laptop which I use >>> regularly on train journeys (bumpy ride).  The drive has a Seagate >>> G-Force Protection™ which is meant to park the head in c

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspect fs, or suspect disk, or something else?

2010-11-09 Thread Stroller
On 9/11/2010, at 4:04pm, Alex Schuster wrote: > ... >> I need to mention here that the machine is a laptop which I use >> regularly on train journeys (bumpy ride). The drive has a Seagate >> G-Force Protection™ which is meant to park the head in case of a fall. > > Which probably would not help

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspect fs, or suspect disk, or something else?

2010-11-09 Thread Maciej Grela
2010/11/9 Mick : > Hi All, > > I've had at least 3 fs corruptions on a Reiser4 fs, in as many months. > > I understand that the fs type is experimental, but am wondering if it > is the fs at fault here or Dell's hard drive: > Check your RAM using memtest86. -- Maciej Grela

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspect fs, or suspect disk, or something else?

2010-11-09 Thread Alex Schuster
Mick writes: > I've had at least 3 fs corruptions on a Reiser4 fs, in as many months. > > I understand that the fs type is experimental, but am wondering if it > is the fs at fault here or Dell's hard drive: [...] > I've run a short and long test with smartmontools and it passed both. You could

[gentoo-user] Suspect fs, or suspect disk, or something else?

2010-11-09 Thread Mick
Hi All, I've had at least 3 fs corruptions on a Reiser4 fs, in as many months. I understand that the fs type is experimental, but am wondering if it is the fs at fault here or Dell's hard drive: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 series Device Model: