Re: Corrupted file on a copy

[Bill Davidsen]

David Sanchez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the linux kernel 2.6.10 and busybox 1.0 on a AMD AU1550 board.
>
> When I copy a big file (around 300M) within an ext2 filesystem (even on
> ext3 filesystem) then the output file is sometime "corrupted" (I mean
> that the source and the destination files are different and thus
> generate a different SHA1).

That's likely to be hardware. Have you tried memtest86 or similar? Are 
you overclocked, or running aggressive memory timing?

Similar kernel+bbox installs seem stable on other hardware.


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