[NTLUG:Discuss] sudden file system errors on boot

[Fred James]

Rev. wRy wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
> 
>> The Problem:
>> Suddenly (under RH 7.3), after a history of no problems, it started  
>> reporting file system errors and forcing file system checks on every  
>> boot (fsck) - consistantly on /, and sometimes also on /home 
>> (partitions  were /, /boot, /swap, and /home).
> 
> 
> Did you upgrade the kernel?  I've had problems like this with various  
> old machines due to chipset (ALI) problems - the disk would corrupt  
> itself over time.
> Ry
> (probably little help)

RH 7.1 - kernel 2.4.2-2
RH 7.2 - kernel 2.4.7
RH 7.3 - kernel 2.4.18-3
File system: ext2 in all cases.
Intel Pentium III (Coppermine), CPU family 6, model 8, stepping 6, 256 
KB cache (or isn't that what you meant?)
The suggestion is then that the chip/kernel combination could corrupt 
the disk over time - is that it?  Corrupt the file system, or the disk 
surface, or both?  I am experiencing the same "errors in file system" on 
the first boot (immediately after install) on 7.2, and 7.3, but not 7.1