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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: Re: Help! File system gets corrupted Message-ID: <mvhDCr6s5.DuE@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <mvhDCn9Mx.ItK@netcom.com> <mvhDCnt2F.6r9@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 21:09:41 GMT Lines: 34 Sender: mvh@netcom16.netcom.com 40 Mhz VLB is the culprit. I dropped down to DX2/66 and it runs peachy now. Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : I just got another interesting data point - our local mail server is : having the same problems, and is running 1.1.5.1! FIles are get chomped : regularly - it's causing our MIS guy some grief. All hardware has been : replaced except the disk drive (no wise guy comments, please). All : of my hardware referred to is new. : Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : : On my system, doing a fsck will usually give me : : /DUP/BAD BLOCK : : errors every couple of days, and will trash one or more random files. : : I did a clean install, did a 'make world' : : on the source directory after properly installing /usr/bin, and I : : get these errors if I check immediately after it finishes! (in single : : user mode on an unomounted volume, of course). It's driving me crazy! : : The system seems to otherwise work fine. These errors would not be : : detected by startup as the clean flag is set. : : Would this be caused by i/o or memory problems? Any suggestions on what : : to 'back off' to see if it makes the system more reliable? I have 3 : : boards on a 40mhz VLB bus - could this be causing problems? : : I am using : : 2.05 release CD : : AMD DX2/80 w/ a 40mhz bus : : WD caviar drive, ~700 Mb. w/ 100 m DOS, reset BSD : : Soundblaster 16 with sony 2x SCSI cdrom : : Promise VLB disk/i.o board : : Diamond stealth 64 DRAM