Re: system freeze while e2fscking a partition

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct redhat com>]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:35:48AM +0200, Francesco Mosca wrote:

> here's the problem:
> 
> the system completely freeze during the check, approximately always at
> the same point (i tried several times, even with badblocks scanning). i
> even removed the incriminated file, but the problem persists...
> 
> what can i do? 

If it's a complete lockup, then it sounds as if you're hitting a
device driver problem.  Do you see any kernel log messages during the
lockup?  You could also try "strace"ing the fsck to see where it gets
tied up.

Cheers,
 Stephen