Reply in-line :- On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 05:55, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Christian Kujau wrote: <snip> >>> [ 158.989493] EXT3-fs error (device sdb7): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit >>> already cleared for block 493569 >> >> ...could bad RAM be the reason for such a "hickup" too? > > It's always worth testing ram I suppose :) Hi all, I tested RAM using memtest 86+ , ran two passes , it took about 1:30 hours doesn't show anything. If want can let it run whole night. Many a times I do get this though, maybe the hdd is failing ? [284.072041] ata2.00:exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen [284.072119] ata2.00:cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00/a0 tag0 [284.072122] cdb 1b 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [284.072124] res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) [284.072300] ata2.00: status: { DRDY } This is from the Live CD, otherwise its ata1:10 most of the time when booting off the kernel as well as the status has many more things, not just DRDY . Comments, suggestions all welcome. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users