more error messages are present: it's just a small selection... Dec 30 15:17:34 jaguar kernel: hda: write_intr error1: nr_sectors=1, stat=0x70 Dec 30 15:17:34 jaguar kernel: hda: write_intr: status=0x70 { DriveReady DeviceFault SeekComplete } Dec 30 15:37:58 jaguar kernel: hda: write_intr error1: nr_sectors=188, stat=0x78 Dec 31 17:00:40 jaguar kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 31 17:00:40 jaguar kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Dec 31 17:00:40 jaguar kernel: hda: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } Dec 31 17:00:40 jaguar kernel: hda: drive not ready for command Thanksm Matt On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 10:43:27PM +0000, Matthew Dickinson wrote: > > > RedHat 7.2, ext3 on /, kernel 2.4.18p1. > > > > whilst updatedb was running, i had these messages appear... > > > > Jan 6 22:18:42 jaguar kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): > > ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory #147553: rec_len %% 4 != 0 - > > offset=0, inode=1651076143, rec_len=19527, name_len=85 > > Jan 6 22:18:42 jaguar kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): > > ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory #50619: rec_len is too small for > > name_len - offset=0, inode=574907, rec_len=12, name_len=9 > > Jan 6 22:18:43 jaguar kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): > > ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory #341627: rec_len is too small for > > name_len - offset=0, inode=865915, rec_len=12, name_len=9 > > > > i'm suspicious i have a hard disk error (it's a new laptop that's less > > than a month old) and i wouldn't mind proof! > > Quite possibly. I'd do a forced fsck and see if the disk really has > errors, or if it's simply a read error. Are there any other sorts of > errors in the logs? > > Cheers, > Stephen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users >