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Hi all, I would like to know how often a writes happen on ext3 fs. Is there any way to find this out? Thanks Rahul

Hi All, I had to reboot a machine as I lost the ssh connectivity to it. I could ping to it though. On rebooting, the dmesg buffer showed the following messsage hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, CHS=7520/0/155, sector=1820440 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02 (hdc), sector 1820440 hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady

Hi All, I need some advice on finding a solution to this problem . I have a hard disk mounted on a mobile robot. I am using ext3 fs. The hard disk is subjected to several bumps as the robot travels. I am experiencing frequent hard disk failure ( about once a month). I have thought about 2 different solutions to this problem. I would appreciate any tips on evaluating them 1) Use Compact Flash

Hi All, About once a week, I get a this strange error on bash command line. Running any command on the command line results in " Input/output error". Only way to get back to normal operation is to hard reboot the machine. I suspect this is something to do with my file system. I am using RH7.3 with ext3 file system on IBM Travelstar drives. I use dd to duplicate the drives. The source