> What is your GCC version?
>
2.96 20000731 (Redhat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)
> It was Linux? What kernel version? Did you try copying with that kernel?
>
Kernel 2.2.16. I believe we did but we didn't verify the copies, regardless,
we never found any problems with it.
> You may try to repeat your test with:
> * newer / older kernel (maybe this is a kernel bug?)
> * newer GCC (miscompiled kernel?)
> * different fs (ext3 bug?)
> * different hardware (last resort to rule out hw problems)
I'll do this. I doubt it's a miscompiled kernel, gcc problems usually cause
crashes, not such subtle problems.
--Russell
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