Server Fubar'ed - Ideas welcomed

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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?)

That's quite possible.

>
> 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?

Some kind of memory somewhere is likely bad.  Whether its the RAM, or CPU
cache is hard to say.  I'd suggest swapping out the CPU if you can.  If
not, run memtest86 for at least 24 hours.

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