**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sat Nov 08 03:00:02 2008 Nov 08 11:39:24 hello all Nov 08 11:39:39 is it possible that USB sticks don't like the usage as swap space? Nov 08 11:40:06 mine has I/O errors and severe damage in fsck every day after running major tasks (compiling kernel) Nov 08 13:11:22 I've used mine for over a year now Nov 08 13:11:33 But yeah, eventually they will die, if they aren't dead right away Nov 08 13:11:46 ShadowJK_, how can I determine what causes the I/O errors? Nov 08 13:12:05 when I run for example file /static/kernel/Makefile, then I get I/O error Nov 08 13:12:09 but nothing is in dmesg Nov 08 13:12:32 You don't "run" a makefile, right... Nov 08 13:12:32 and I see, when I fsck the device on my desktop, that there are severe damages in the filesystme Nov 08 13:12:41 ShadowJK_, the file *access* matters Nov 08 13:13:04 any way of accessing some (but not all) files in this kernel src tree ends with I/O error Nov 08 13:13:06 even running make Nov 08 13:14:13 What I would do is, on your desktop, dd if=/dev/whatever of=tempfile1, and another time with tempfile2 as output. Compare the file length and then do sha1sum tempfile1 tempfile2, and compare the checksums Nov 08 13:15:37 Substitute /dev/whatever with the device node for your USB stick Nov 08 13:17:32 Then I would write the image back to the usb stick, read it back (to a third file) and compare... Note though that if it's dying this would accelerate it :-) Nov 08 13:17:54 Also interesting would be to access those same files with desktop Nov 08 13:40:30 ShadowJK_, also I/O error, nohing in dmesg Nov 08 13:42:07 with dd or accessing files? Nov 08 13:50:30 accessing files Nov 08 13:50:51 sounds like filesystem damage to me Nov 08 13:51:26 yeah, and this happens always after doing big stuff like building kernel Nov 08 13:51:32 that is what makes me wonde Nov 08 13:51:33 +r **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sun Nov 09 02:59:57 2008