Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:12:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:12:42 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:38673 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:12:32 -0400 Subject: Re: EXT2-fs error To: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:13:16 +0100 (BST) Cc: khromy@khromy.ath.cx (khromy), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200103300657.IAA07806@cave.bitwizard.nl> from "Rogier Wolff" at Mar 30, 2001 08:57:48 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I got the following while rm -rf'ing my mozilla cvs checkout. Deadly or not deadly? > > Highly deadly. > > Your disk is dropping bits, or, more likely, your RAM. This is very, > very bad. if it was 2.2 I'd believe it. 2.4 is still showing these kind of problems in software on many VIA chipset athlon boards and under extreme loads on other boxes too. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/