What file system are you using? I'm guessing XFS? From the install guide: "XFS is a filesystem with metadata journaling that is fully supported under Gentoo Linux's xfs-sources kernel. It comes with a robust feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this filesystem on Linux systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and a uninterruptible power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data in RAM, improperly designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions when writing files to disk, and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good deal of data if the system goes down unexpectedly."
IIRC there was a long discussion about this a while back when gentoo.org stopped using XFS. I think the problem was that any file that is being lengthened when you crash gets destroyed. If you were doing emerges at the same time that would have a tendency to trash portage, or maybe the portage database. Your error appears similar to the one other people on the list are getting...but I think that's only costmetic. You might want to try reading /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/README.RESCUE. And if trying the nvidia drivers is screwing your machine this badly, maybe you should *stop*. -Heschi > IS there some way to fix this ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
