Compaq R3240, using Ubuntu Dapper AMD-64 I have been using Ubuntu AMD-64 since Breezy, starting over a year ago. At first I tried Suse, then Mandriva, but only for a week or two each. Since then I have had nothing but Ubuntu, upgrading each time shortly after the new release came out.
Since the very beginning I have had filesystem problems. Now, Ubuntu is set up to force a fsck on every 30th boot. Those usually go fine. But in between I am constantly getting corruption. Luckily, fsck seems to be pretty good at fixing things. In contrast, I have used NTFS on Windows NT/2000 computers since I built my first NT computer in October, 1993. NTFS has *never* given me a corrupted filesystem. A couple months ago, in order to gain better speed, I swapped out the original 60 GB hard disk that came with this computer for a new ultra-fast 80 GB hard disk. However, the filesystem corruption problems continue. In other words, the problem is evidently not in the hard disk. It may be in the controller or its driver, however. About a month ago I started a course in Phonetics where the textbook comes with a CD full of sound clips. I have never had a problem with the CD/DVD R+W drive in this computer, but when I insert this CD some of the folders do not appear. I know the folders are there, because I see them when I mount the CD in a drive in a Windows computer at the university's computer lab. Today I tried to access a sound file on the CD where the entire folder is not visible. The CD comes with html files that contain links to the sound files, so I was able to determine exactly the name of the file. Using Nautilus I did a search for that file and it appeared fine. But the folder it is in does not appear. This is really bizarre. So I am posting this hoping that someone here has a clue what might be going on. Has anyone else experienced problems like this? Does anyone suspect (as I do) that the missing folders and the filesystem corruption are related? _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
