Server Fubar'ed - Ideas welcomed

[Michael Hipp]

Well the problem I thought I had with a full /home wasn't even close.

Msg on console:
Filesystem "hda2": Corruption of in-memory data detected. Shutting down 
filesystem: hda2. Please unmount the filesystem, and rectify the problem(s).

Hda2 is the root fs. Thought it might be a bad disk, but 2 different 
tools say it is ok.

Found the CPU fan to be turning at about 3 RPM. Replaced it. I'm now 
assuming the thing crashed originally due to overheating.

Anyway, it won't run for long at a time before the message above 
reappears and only a hard reboot will bring it back to life. (Has the P4 
processor been damaged?)

The kernel update linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 is in a partially installed 
(severely inconsistent) state. It won't remove and it won't install 
without crashing the box. Evidently it crashed originally when 
installing that update. Coincidence?

dpkg says to reinstall it. But there's no option for "reinstall", only 
"install". And that crashes.

Any ideas?

Michael