Re: [Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Stef Epardaud wrote: I feel like a fool now. You're absolutely right, my RAM is corrupted. Sorry for the trouble folks, I'm very happy to come to the conclusion I can rely on EXT3. Now I have to start worrying about how to detect RAM corruption before it screws up my data next time. That is

Re: [Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Stef Epardaud wrote: I feel like a fool now. You're absolutely right, my RAM is corrupted. Sorry for the trouble folks, I'm very happy to come to the conclusion I can rely on EXT3. Now I have to start worrying about how to detect RAM corruption before it screws up my data next time. That is

[Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:53:40PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Filesystem clean = the "dirty" flag is not set. With journaling > fs it basically means the kernel didn't found errors during > operation. > It doesn't mean there are no errors. That's what I assumed, and that's why I forced

Re: [OT] Ubuntu GG 2.6.22 (Was: Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3)

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 09:52:53AM -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote: > (I am cc:ing the list so that this person does not get several multiple > replies. Also, I am making the assumption, Stef, that you are not > running a vanilla kernel that you built yourself from the kernel sources > and that

[OT] Ubuntu GG 2.6.22 (Was: Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3)

2007-09-12 Thread Michael B. Trausch
Stef Epardaud, on 09/12/2007 08:02 AM said: > > Hello, > I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me on replies. > I have just suffered from a filesystem crash on my laptop. It's an x86 > running linux 2.6.22 from Ubutu latest gutsy. > (I am cc:ing the list so that this person does not get

Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Stef Epardaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had no idea my EXT3 filesystem could go wrong without notifying me > (fsck thought the filesystem was clean before I forced it). Is this > normal ? Filesystem clean = the "dirty" flag is not set. With journaling fs it basically means the kernel

Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Jan Kara
Hello, > I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me on replies. > I have just suffered from a filesystem crash on my laptop. It's an x86 > running linux 2.6.22 from Ubutu latest gutsy. > This morning it booted and there were all kinds of strange core dumps. > fsck told me the root

Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
Hello, I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me on replies. I have just suffered from a filesystem crash on my laptop. It's an x86 running linux 2.6.22 from Ubutu latest gutsy. This morning it booted and there were all kinds of strange core dumps. fsck told me the root filesystem was

Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
Hello, I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me on replies. I have just suffered from a filesystem crash on my laptop. It's an x86 running linux 2.6.22 from Ubutu latest gutsy. This morning it booted and there were all kinds of strange core dumps. fsck told me the root filesystem was

[OT] Ubuntu GG 2.6.22 (Was: Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3)

2007-09-12 Thread Michael B. Trausch
Stef Epardaud, on 09/12/2007 08:02 AM said: Hello, I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me on replies. I have just suffered from a filesystem crash on my laptop. It's an x86 running linux 2.6.22 from Ubutu latest gutsy. (I am cc:ing the list so that this person does not get

Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Stef Epardaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had no idea my EXT3 filesystem could go wrong without notifying me (fsck thought the filesystem was clean before I forced it). Is this normal ? Filesystem clean = the dirty flag is not set. With journaling fs it basically means the kernel didn't found

Re: [OT] Ubuntu GG 2.6.22 (Was: Re: Filesystem silent crash with EXT3)

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 09:52:53AM -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote: (I am cc:ing the list so that this person does not get several multiple replies. Also, I am making the assumption, Stef, that you are not running a vanilla kernel that you built yourself from the kernel sources and that you

[Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-12 Thread Stef Epardaud
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:53:40PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: Filesystem clean = the dirty flag is not set. With journaling fs it basically means the kernel didn't found errors during operation. It doesn't mean there are no errors. That's what I assumed, and that's why I forced fsck.