Upgraded e2fsprogs and disabled the writecache as suggested. Ext-3 software was up-to-date (all patches applied), so I didn't bother modifying any kernel software. Re-ran test last night - 220 resets with no errors. Thanks v. much for your help. /Mark --- Mr mark ennis <ennism@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > You have not given us any information about the > > kernel version, or > > which version of ext3 you are using, or if you > have > > applied the > > latest ext3 patchs. I _think_ the problem you > > describe has been > > fixed, either in ext3 or in e2fsck, but I can't be > > more specific. > > I was running a 2.4.18-10 kernel, and whatever > version > of Ext-3 comes with that. > > I'll try applying ext3-2.4-0.9.17-2418p3 against > that > and see what happens. > > This patch was designed for 2.4.18-pre. I hope > there's > no problems in applying it to 2.4.18-10. > > I'll also install the latest e2fsprogs. > > I'll let you know how it goes. > Thanks for the reply. > /Mark > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
