Ext3 users - Dec 2001 - ext3 and standard rh 7.2 distro - assert failure : line 656 of transaction.c

Hi,

I have a mail server running redhat's 7.2 version with
the following configuration :
- 1GB RAM
- 2 PIII 550
- 3 HDs (all SCSI UW), all ext3 partitions with
userquotas
- Adaptec 160

Once and a while the server stops with message errors
at the console forcing me to reboot.

The messages occur mostly under sendmail/procmail and
mention assert failure at line 656 of transaction.c

I've installed all rpms from redhat's update ftp and I
was wondering if this is a kernel/ext3 problem and
which version/steps would you recommend me in order to
solve the problem.

best regards

- Robert


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Robert Mena wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a mail server running redhat's 7.2 version with
> the following configuration :
> - 1GB RAM
> - 2 PIII 550
> - 3 HDs (all SCSI UW), all ext3 partitions with
> userquotas
> - Adaptec 160
> 
> Once and a while the server stops with message errors
> at the console forcing me to reboot.
> 
> The messages occur mostly under sendmail/procmail and
> mention assert failure at line 656 of transaction.c
> 
> I've installed all rpms from redhat's update ftp and I
> was wondering if this is a kernel/ext3 problem and
> which version/steps would you recommend me in order to
> solve the problem.
Could you please provide the whole text of the assertion
failure?   There are quite a few asserts around there and
it's not clear which one is triggering.

Also, which journalling mode are you using?  data=journal?

Thanks.

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