Re: Strange write errors on FAT32 partition (maybe an FAT32 bug?!)

[Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>]

Roger Heflin wrote:
> Christoph,
>
> Install then edac_mc module, and make sure  through the
> sysctl command that pci parity checking is enabled.
>
> I have seen pci parity errors produce this sort of results,
> ie make 100 identical 50MB files, and cksum them and one
> will be wrong, do it a again, and the "wrong" one is now
> right, but someone else is "wrong".
Ah thx,... is it in the vanilla kernel?
And do you know of any possible results that this issue has? When I just
read data (see my original stuff with fat32) is it possible that this
had been modified or damaged?
Or are the only consequences that diff errors occur?

And what is responsible for that parity errors? Is it possible that any
hardware is damaged?

Thanks,
Chris.

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