Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755561AbYHUKER (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752856AbYHUKEB (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:04:01 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:45952 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752654AbYHUKEA (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:04:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:46:26 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Eric Lacombe Cc: linux-kernel , Theodore Tso Subject: Re: EXT3-fs error Message-ID: <20080821104626.0a10f40c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200808211106.39574.tuxiko@free.fr> References: <200808211106.39574.tuxiko@free.fr> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 697 Lines: 19 On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:06:39 +0200 Eric Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > Recently, my computer freezes a lot, and I noted the problems below. I wonder > if my hard disk is going die. > Can someone confirm or infirm my suspicion? Might be worth running memtest86 on the box overnight and seeing if its memory or other problems. smartmontools will give you info on the disk status (as the disk sees it) which can sometimes give clues. Alan -- 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/