Re: [sentinix-list] Kernel panic!!!!

On Tuesday 16 December 2003 14:57, TIM MOORE wrote:
> I just recently switched to Sentinix.  I have been running kernel 2.4.23
> for about a week now. Then at around 4'oclock this morning my Kernel logged
> this message killed my processes.
>
> Message from [email protected] at Tue Dec 16 04:40:21 2003 ...
> lam kernel: Assertion failure in do_get_write_access() at
> transaction.c:612: "jh->b_transaction == transaction || jh->b_transaction
> == journal->j_committing_transaction"
>
> From what I've read online it seems that there are some problems with EXT3
> that could cause this. Anyone else experience this error with this fs?

I read about this one some time ago (long time ago now I think).   I think the 
bug has been fixed long ago even, it shouldn't be in 2.4.23.  It could, 
however, be a case of cache corruption, i.e. faulty or rather incompatible 
hardware... there's always that. :-P

I have never gotten this one, but I have experienced difficulties running 
Linux 2.4.19 and 20 on a weird Intel GLX? (or something) motherboard, I think 
that machine was some kind of Dell (pretty much narrows it down, not).   
Snort would work a couple of days, then there would be funny IO errors and 
the machine would lock up.  We simply switched machine, used the same SCSI 
controller and the same harddisk, and it stopped... definitely something with 
that Intel motherboard.

Do you run IDE + SCSI harddisks (on the same machine)?  I just read a post 
about that, someone having your problems, but only seems to be with IDE+SCSI.

> I'm not insisting this is a problem with Sentinix, just looking for help.
>
> I can't remember, does the install for Sentinix give an option for what
> type of fs you want?

EXT2 or EXT3 only.

	Michel