I get the following messages until the computer will not even respond to a three finger solute (Ctrl-Alt-Del), due to lack of memory. Sep 1 20:27:39 nfs1 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext2_free_blocks: F reeing blocks not in datazone - block = 908078902, count = 1 Sep 1 20:27:39 nfs1 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext2_free_blocks: F reeing blocks not in datazone - block = 538976308, count = 1 Sep 1 20:27:39 nfs1 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext2_free_blocks: F reeing blocks not in datazone - block = 908078905, count = 1 Sep 1 20:27:39 nfs1 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext2_free_blocks: F reeing blocks not in datazone - block = 840966196, count = 1 ... Operating System: Linux xxxxxxxxxgeocast.net 2.2.5-22 #1 Wed Jun 2 09:02:27 EDT 1999 i586 unknown knfsd-1.4.4 Local file system: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 202182 90129 101613 47% / /dev/sda6 15971552 13448568 1691622 89% /export /dev/sda2 598665 296838 270902 52% /usr SCSI System: ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 9, function 0 ncr53c8xx: 53c876 detected with Tekram NVRAM ncr53c876-0: rev=0x26, base=0xeb102000, io_port=0xe800, irq=11 ncr53c876-0: Tekram format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, Parity Checking ncr53c876-0: on-chip RAM at 0xeb101000 ncr53c876-0: restart (scsi reset). ncr53c876-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS. scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - revision 3.1h scsi : 1 host. Vendor: HITACHI Model: DK319H-18WS Rev: AGAG Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 ncr53c876-0-<0,0>: tagged command queue depth set to 8 ncr53c876-0-<0,*>: FAST-20 WIDE SCSI 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35970860 [17563 MB] [17.6 GB] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 > Memroy status under normal use: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 128032 125044 2988 16256 2620 109100 -/+ buffers/cache: 13324 114708 Swap: 530104 1356 528748
you need to boot in single user mode (Type linux single at the lilo: prompt) and fix your filesystem using fsck. You probably had a corrupt shutdown at some point in the past.