Which kernel version are you using. I understand that there has been a file corruption problem in some of the newer kernel versions.
On 19 Jul, Andreas Tille wrote: | Hello, | | recently I detected problems with 2GB harddisk in an old 486 machine. | The disk worked for two years very well. I tried several checks | under DOS including a check routine from Quantum (it's a Quantum | Bigfoot disk) and Calibrat (from Norton Utilities). No DOS check | program detected any error. | | Repartinioning with Linux fdisk and creating e2fs worked well | but after writing data to the disk and unmounting leads to | more errors than I could count. E2fsck is unable to repair | the problems. | | Any idea what could cause this strange problem? | | Kind regards | | Andreas. | | | -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the POTATO (http://www.debian.org)!