[Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

[Stef Epardaud]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:53:40PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Filesystem clean = the "dirty" flag is not set. With journaling
> fs it basically means the kernel didn't found errors during
> operation.
> It doesn't mean there are no errors.

That's what I assumed, and that's why I forced fsck.

> > If not, what can I do to figure out what went wrong ?
> I'd check with memtest86. Silent fs corruption is usually caused
> by faulty hardware such as RAM.

I feel like a fool now. You're absolutely right, my RAM is corrupted.
Sorry for the trouble folks, I'm very happy to come to the conclusion I
can rely on EXT3. Now I have to start worrying about how to detect RAM
corruption before it screws up my data next time.

> A system crash or especially power failure shouldn't damage ext3fs.

That's what I assumed, and I'm glad to see it's still true.

Once again, sorry for the trouble.
-- 
StÃphane Epardaud
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