Hello, I checked the storage that seems to be ok ( check bad block) and I still have the problem. I did the test on vfat and I donât have the problem. I'm using a 2.6.23 kernel ? When the ext3 fs is considered as stable ? BR -----Original Message----- From: Eric Sandeen [mailto:sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: vendredi 4 mars 2011 17:26 To: Stephane Cerveau Cc: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx; Tristan Pateloup Subject: Re: ext3_free_blocks_sb when removing a more than 1GB file On 3/4/11 9:45 AM, Stephane Cerveau wrote: > Dear all, > > It seems that if I change the size of blocks to 2048 by mkfs.ext3 âb > 2048 /dev/sda1, the problem does not appear. > > Is there a way to know by advance what is the best block size for an > external device ? > > BR Sounds like a storage problem; not a filesystem problem, something to do with the flash behaving badly. -Eric __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5925 (20110304) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5926 (20110304) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users