Re: 2.4.2 ext2 filesystem corruption ? (was 2.4.2: What happened ? (No

[Alan Cox]

> running a bad hdparm command while running a full GNOME desktop:
> (This was not a good idea...and I know, and knew that...but....)
> 
> hdparm -X34 -d1 -u1 /dev/hda
> (As found here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html?page=2
> 
> Sorry for the lame bug report, but I'm scared to try it again, and
> I didn't realize the complexity of the problem when I simply powered
> down my machine with the HD light on solid...

Its not a bug. As the system administrator you reconfigured a hard disk on
the fly and shit happened. The hdparm man page warnings do exist for a reason.