Here's what syslog had to say.
May 28 13:25:27 eiterra PAM_pwdb[403]: (login) session opened for user
root by
May 28 13:25:27 eiterra login[403]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty9
May 28 14:15:02 eiterra syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
May 28 14:15:02 eiterra kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
May 28 14:15:03 eiterra kernel: Loaded 7987 symbols from /System.map.
May 28 14:15:03 eiterra kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.1.98.
Fun, huh? Was using mc to copy a file from hdb2 to sda1. sda1 hasn't been
fscked in about a month. The second mc's mv call wrote EOF, *BING!* The
box just black screened and went to POST. I was running one IRC session,
a couple tf sessions, two copies of mc (one in /usr/src as I sorted that
mess out, the other in ~irc:). Any ideas? When I ran fsck, hdb1 was a
total mess, I held down y for almost 10 minutes. hdb2 was worse. sda1 was
about half as bad. All are fine now, reporting clean after a few fscks.
I SUSPECT it was existing corruption on sda1, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?
-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net)
TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :)
Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586
Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.1.98 #15 Fri May 1 18:21:00 EDT 1998 i586
- Linus says for 'brave people only.' I say 'keep a backup.' - :)
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