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From: Neil Romig <neil@romig.demon.co.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: File corruption in 2.6.18 thru 2.6.22
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:12:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46CDEA2F.6040508@romig.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070823001634.GC18739@redhat.com>

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 02:42:45PM +0000, Neil Romig wrote:
>  
>  > Everything is O.K using kernel 2.6.17.14, but 2.6.18 and beyond all have
>  > this problem. It may take me months to sort this out on my own - any
>  > suggestions?
> 
> In most (though not all), a single bit was flipped.
> This is usually a sign of bad memory.
> Give it a going over with memtest86+ ?
> 
> 	Dave
> 

I have run memtest86+ twice without error, so I remain stumped. I can set up a loop to copy
a file and do a diff which runs OK, but when I boot 2.6.18 it drops out within a second or two.

Neil.


      reply	other threads:[~2007-08-23 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-18 14:42 File corruption in 2.6.18 thru 2.6.22 Neil Romig
2007-08-23  0:16 ` Dave Jones
2007-08-23 20:12   ` Neil Romig [this message]

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