[CentOS] EXT3-fs error (devive dm-0) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted

[Will McDonald]

On 01/06/06, Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 02:51:42PM -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote:
> > My recently installed CentOS 4.3 system (which is the kickstart
> > server for other systems -- see other thread) is currently hung.  I
> > can ping it, but can't do much of anything else.  When I switch to
> > one of the virtual consoles, I can briefly see the "login:" prompt,
> > but then that window immediately fills with up with the following
> > message:
> >
> >   EXT3-fs error (devive dm-0) in start_transaaction: Journal has
> > aborted
>
> Is it a SATA disk ? I was reading a thread on WHT a few days ago
> about a server that kept getting its filesystem corrupted in that
> way, and was only solved (for good) after replacing the SATA cable.

Coincidentally, I've just had a Dell Poweredge 2650 with SCSI disks
start blurting these exact same errors to the console today.

I've given it a kick and it's come back OK, if it started playing up
again, I'll have a look at the disk seating (all SCA) etc.

Will.