From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neil Romig Subject: Re: File corruption in 2.6.18 thru 2.6.22 Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:12:31 +0000 Message-ID: <46CDEA2F.6040508@romig.demon.co.uk> References: <46C70565.1040308@romig.demon.co.uk> <20070823001634.GC18739@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.89]:1524 "EHLO anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752307AbXHWTM0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:12:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070823001634.GC18739@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Dave Jones Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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.