Please CC me on any replies as I am not subscribed. I hope this is enough information. Report follows specs posted on kernel.org. Thanks. 1. crash in ext3 part of kernel. 2. I have no information as to what caused this. The ext3 part of the kernel seems to have failed an assertion and crashed, necessitating reboot of the machine and making the machine inoperable until said reboot. 3. keywords: ext3, kernel, assertion failed 4. Linux version 2.4.18 (root@truzzi) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #11 SMP Mon Apr 8 07:48:03 PDT 2002 5. oops attached - I ran through ksymoops. 6. n/a 7.1 Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.11.90.0.8 util-linux 2.11f mount 2.11g modutils 2.4.13 e2fsprogs 1.26 reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j PPP 2.4.1 Linux C Library 2.2.4 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.4 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Modules Loaded 7.2 processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP 1900+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1592.897 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3178.49 processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1592.897 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3185.04 7.3 n/a 7.4 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 1000-10ff : ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL 1400-147f : 3Com Corporation 3c980-TX 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] 1400-147f : 00:0f.0 1480-14ff : 3Com Corporation 3c980-TX 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] (#2) 1480-14ff : 00:10.0 1810-1813 : PCI device 1022:700c (Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]) f000-f00f : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-765 [Viper] IDE f000-f007 : ide0 f008-f00f : ide1 00000000-0009ebff : System RAM 0009ec00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000c8000-000c87ff : Extension ROM 000c8800-000c8fff : Extension ROM 000dc000-000dcfff : Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-765 [Viper] USB 000e0000-000effff : Extension ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-3ffeffff : System RAM 00100000-00299e66 : Kernel code 00299e67-00319fbf : Kernel data 3fff0000-3fff6bff : ACPI Tables 3fff6c00-3fffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage f0001000-f0001fff : ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL f0002000-f000207f : 3Com Corporation 3c980-TX 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] f0002400-f000247f : 3Com Corporation 3c980-TX 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T] (#2) f0003000-f0003fff : PCI device 1022:700c (Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]) f1000000-f1ffffff : ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL f4000000-f7ffffff : PCI device 1022:700c (Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]) f8000000-fbffffff : Distributed Processing Technology SmartRAID V Controller fec00000-fec0ffff : reserved fee00000-fee00fff : reserved fff80000-ffffffff : reserved 7.5 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 700c (rev 11) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]: Unknown device 700d (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- Reset- FastB2B- 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-765 [Viper] ISA (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:09.1 I2O: Distributed Processing Technology SmartRAID V Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 01) Subsystem: Distributed Processing Technology: Unknown device c065 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=32K] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 8008 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c982 Dual Port Server Cyclone (rev 78) Subsystem: Tyan Computer: Unknown device 2462 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c982 Dual Port Server Cyclone (rev 78) Subsystem: Tyan Computer: Unknown device 2462 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 7.6 Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 01 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ADAPTEC Model: RAID-5 Rev: 370F Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02