the facts: i've got an ext3 partition that system didn't correctly unmont due to a power failure while i was downloading a huge file. at the reboot the other ext3 partition (the /) got checked and fixed perfectly, but fsck was needed for the one where the file was downloading to. here's the problem: the system completely freeze during the check, approximately always at the same point (i tried several times, even with badblocks scanning). i even removed the incriminated file, but the problem persists... what can i do? i'm running a vanilla 2.4.19 kernel, on a debian sid, with e2fsprogs 1.27+1.28-WIP-0626-1 thanks Francesco (please replay also directly to me)
the facts: i've got an ext3 partition that system didn't correctly unmont due to a power failure while i was downloading a huge file. at the reboot the other ext3 partition (the /) got checked and fixed perfectly, but fsck was needed for the one where the file was downloading to. here's the problem: the system completely freeze during the check, approximately always at the same point (i tried several times, even with badblocks scanning). i even removed the incriminated file, but the problem persists... what can i do? i'm running a vanilla 2.4.19 kernel, on a debian sid, with e2fsprogs 1.27+1.28-WIP-0626-1 thanks Francesco (please replay also directly to me)
Hi, On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:35:48AM +0200, Francesco Mosca wrote:> here's the problem: > > the system completely freeze during the check, approximately always at > the same point (i tried several times, even with badblocks scanning). i > even removed the incriminated file, but the problem persists... > > what can i do?If it's a complete lockup, then it sounds as if you're hitting a device driver problem. Do you see any kernel log messages during the lockup? You could also try "strace"ing the fsck to see where it gets tied up. Cheers, Stephen