Re: Serious ext2fs problem
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 31 Dec 1996 21:44:29 +0000 (GMT)
> > bit was set, even though the filesystem had errors, using the -f flag is
> > important since it forces e2fsck to check the filesystem even if the
> > clean bit is set.)
>
> My guess would be a kernel bug, because the problem appears to go away
> when I umount and then mount the filesystem.
It sounds like memory corruption and the unmount flushed the buffer
cache entries that got corrupt. Tried memtest86 on your hardware. Also
check you have parity on and your controller and motherboard are
compatible (its unlikely they are not). SCSI and memory parity btw ;)
Alan