Ext3 users - May 2003 - Ext3 File corruption question.

Hi Guys,
My first post here. I have recently installed RH9 and am having some rather
wierd problems that make me suspect file corruption. After some useage the
machine locked up hard when trying to use 3d graphics (I have a radeon 7200 with
dri enabled). After this happened occasionally the system refuses to boot- it
stops at the apm line of the kernel boot process. I tried looking at my hard
disks (scsi seagates) with e2fsck and nothing showed up. I also did a scan using
seagates st tool and again everything looks fine. I then tried reinstalling RH9
and checked the check badblocks option. It then failed and said that my /
filesystem (dev/sdb1) had badblocks. I reinstalled without checking for
badblocks and the system refused to boot (again failing at the apm line). I left
it overnight and this morning it decided to boot. Is this likely a hardware or
software issue and if it is the latter is there a heavy duty disc scrubber to
ensure a fresh RH install? Any help much appreciated!!


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On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 10:34:27AM -0400, Richard Kleeman
wrote:
> (dev/sdb1) had badblocks. I reinstalled without checking for badblocks
> and the system refused to boot (again failing at the apm line). I left
> it overnight and this morning it decided to boot. Is this likely a
> hardware or software issue and if it is the latter is there a heavy duty
> disc scrubber to ensure a fresh RH install? Any help much appreciated!!
The fact that you've had a long perioud of non-use that led to the system
working again leads me to believe that it may have something to do with
the internal temperature of the box. Have you tried checking that when
this next happens? Find out the temp and maybe check the specs of your
hardware to find out the tolerance levels. Try doing the same thing with
the case open and a normal (for humans) fan blowing into it and see if
it still happens. Check to see if the HDs have adequate airspace around
them. etc.

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On Sat, 17 May 2003 10:34:27 -0400
Richard Kleeman <kleeman@cims.nyu.edu> wrote:
> (again failing at the apm line)
Add nomxt to the kernel boot parameters. At least that's what helped me here
in that case.


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