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.