[CentOS] unstable kernel after update to CentOS 4.5

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg]

Alfred von Campe wrote:
> Kai:
> 
>> Dec  9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device hda3): 
>> htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory
>> #1330023: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=10264, inode=808542775, 
>> rec_len=13621, name_len=100
>> Dec  9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: Aborting journal on device hda3.
>> Dec  9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: ext3_abort called.
>> Dec  9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device hda3): 
>> ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
>> Dec  9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
> 
> Updating to 4.5 was just a coincidence.  I believe you have a disk 
> that's going bad.  I've seen this error three times and it has always 
> been a bad disk.  Backup what you can and replace the disk.
> 

you could confirm this with smart (after backing up your data)
can't remember the options, so check man smartctl
but it should be something like
smartctl -t short /dev/hda 	(perform short test)
smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda 	(check SMART selftest log)

cheers