Re: Kernel Error Messages in /var/log

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 10:31:15 +0100 (MET)


On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Tom Diehl wrote:

> My question is does this look like a disk going bad or am I tickeling
> some kind of bug?

[snip]

> bogomips : 106.09
>
> Hummmmm That is interesting I usually get 132.71 bogomips. I will reboot and
> see what I get.
>
> Rest of /proc/cpu info deleted it is tha same as above.
>
> bogomips : 132.71

Well, this looks a bit like a memory/cache problem, the bogomips
value wobbeling 30% between reboots... Have you enabled triton
DMA??? That would only worsen the problem.
What type of mainboard do you use?

>
>
> Dec 2 10:39:35 tigger kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 03:47): ext2_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 41471, count = 1
[snip]

I don't see any disk errors inhere...
It definatively looks like a memory error (well, it looks like
a memory error to me :)

grtz,

Rik.

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