On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:47:37PM -0700, montefin wrote: >> >> It seems the linux kernels from about 2.2.7 thru 2.2.13, and only on IDE >> boxes, had a recurrent filesystem corruption problem. I was on kernel >> 2.2.12 when I upgraded to RedHat 6.1 and it slaughtered me. Here's the >> routine that worked over and over again for me when boot up failed. > >i can certainly attest to 2.2.13 trashing filesystems, it was always >`corrupted blocks' or some such thing too. > ><snip> > >> When they are all done, type 'exit' (without the quote marks). Your >> system will shutdown and you _should_ be able press restart and boot >> back up clean. Should.
Did. Nathan, montefin, aphro, Ethan: thanks to all of for the quick replies. I managed to fix the filesystem some time after midnight (CET) and the box it's up and running again. [...] >you will need it. and don't allow any 2.2 kernel earlier then 2.2.14 >within a mile of any of your machines :| First thing I did when the machine came up again was upgrading from 2.2.9 to 2.2.14. This is scary. BTW: What's the best way to keep up with glitches like this if you don't follow devel and kernel lists? -- Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
