Re: journal-601 error

From: Michael Krzepkowski (NOmichaelkSPAM_at_sqlcanada.com)
Date: 03/16/04


Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:30:47 GMT

Chris Wood wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:52:15 GMT, Michael Krzepkowski
> <NOmichaelkSPAM@sqlcanada.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Benedict White wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, has anyone seen this error?
>>>
>>>"linux kernal journal-601, buffer write failed."
>>>
>>>(approximately)
>>>
>>>I have had this error up about 3 times since a power cut last night. (We
>>>also had one that wiped out the first attempt at this message)
>>>
>>>Is it a hardware problem, or is there some file checker I can run?
>>>
>>>I am running SuSe 9.0
>>>
>>>Kind regards
>>>
>>>--
>>>Benedict White
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes. I had this a few weeks back. All I could find on google,
>>was indication of HD error. However, after reboot everything is fine
>>and disk shows no problems. Suse 9.0 Pro on IBM x225 server, all scsi
>>drives.
>>
>>Anybody has some suggestions what else to check?
>>
>>Michael
>>
>
>
> I've been having my x225 lock-up/crash without any warning or any
> hints in /var/log/messages about why it died.
>
> In an effort to track it down, IBM had me download a diagnostic
> program, write it to a floppy, and then boot the server off of it and
> run the diagnostics. It can take 1.5 hours or up to many hours to run
> depending on configuration.
>
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-45316
>
> After running the test for 3-4 hours, it came back telling me the
> server checked out fine. I'm still not sure why I am having crashes.
> When I say "crash" I mean that the system flat out doesn't respond.
> The console doesn't move, can't do a thing other than power cycle it.
> When I look at the log files, I can't tell anything was wrong and the
> last thing in the log seems to be different each time.
>
> Anyway, the diag tool may calm any fears. Anyone have any ideas on my
> problem? I'm running SUSE 9.0, latest updates on everything. Latest
> flash revisions on the x225 too.
>
> It's a basic x225 setup with 3 scsi disk raid 5.

I did not bother with diags yet. Server froze (just like yours)
a couple of times - like every two weeks of heavy use.
Now I removed two of four memory sticks leaving it with only 256MB.
I have four drives, no raid. I will try to break it with low memory
tonight again. Every time it rebooted fine. The memory I took out
are 512 MB sims (original IBM part). Drives and mix of Seagate and IBM.

Michael
(strip caps from my address to mail directly)



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