Bill Davidsen wrote:
If you look at the change logs for versions between 2.6.8 and 2.6.24 you
will see a lot of improvements in disk error handling. The kernel you
are running is probably incapable of handling the particular failure you
are getting, at least for values of "handle" which include "cleanly
report failure back to the md layer."
Thanks -- yep, that makes sense. I appreciate the advice. I'll see what
happens now that we're using 2.6.18 instead of 2.6.8.
Unless you have some very good
reason for upgrading to another old kernel
> ...
> Security backports seem to be aimed at intrusion prevention and not
> data security in this case.
Yep. We have to stick to Debian versions offering security support,
unfortunately, for security reasons. The machines are Web servers that
allow strangers (aka customers) shell access, and intrusion prevention
is paramount :-( In a few months, the next version of Debian will
allow us to upgrade to 2.6.24.
Again, thanks for the comments, everyone; much appreciated.
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Robert L Mathews
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