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.
  |  
  |  
  |  

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Eric G. Miller
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