From: "Damian Gatabria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: "Damian Gatabria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > That's probably not corruption. You are just > > > experiencing one difference between > > > windows-like linebreaks and Unix-style linebreaks. > > > > > > When you open the textfile on windows > > > you see a small square where the line should > > > end, right? This is normal. If you need to > > > convert a file to windows style, try > > > importing in in ms word. > > > > It is not the line endings the /file system/ is corrupt. When I reboot to > > Windows and attempt to access any file, Windows warns that the directory is > > corrupt and I should run chkdsk. When I do chkdsk reports cross linked > > files, > > unowned blocks and truncated files. > > > > David > > > > Then you should check your system > for bad RAM or bad disks. FAT support on > UNIX systems has been stable for many years > now. > > (btw, do you check /var/log/syslog > for weird records while writing to these > partitions?)
Thanks for the tip. I will look in syslog the next time it happens. I ran a surface scan of the disk and it said ok. I don't know how to test the RAM but I haven't had any other problems at all so I would bet the RAM is fine. Thanks...David
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