Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:10:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:10:22 -0400 Received: from co3000407-a.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au ([203.164.252.88]:46720 "EHLO bozar") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:10:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:09:43 +1000 From: Andre Pang To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010717211401.A322@caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010717211401.A322@caltech.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Message-Id: <995461783.758586.24447.nullmailer@bozar.algorithm.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:14:01PM -0700, Sam Thompson wrote: > Tar/gzip will complain about crc errors in files: for example > in a certain 40 mb file I can decompress fine on other > computers. If I try to uncompress the same file immediately, > it will fail at a different point, seemingly at random. > Sometimes it works fine. Random debian packages I apt-get have > the same problem. Sometimes they won't unpack properly, > sometimes they will. you also possibly have a ram problem. check out memtest86 at freshmeat.net and try that. anything can happen to a computer if power dies unexpectedly. -- #ozone/algorithm - trust.in.love.to.save - 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/