From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Subject: Re: Good, recent FS comparison?
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:34:42 +0300
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Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> > ext3 is rock-solid!
>
> If only.  Recently I had a system come up after a power cycle with a
> directory where reading any file in that directory gives an I/O error.
> The disk is fine, and it's using ext3 in ordered mode, with IDE
> write-caching disabled to be sure.

2.4 or 2.6?

In 2.4 try a reboot and force an fsck before mounting.

--
Al