On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 09:09 +0530, linuxers-request@mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote:

From: Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:00:17 +0000

my debian router tends to do just that after a while of operation. The problem is basically it gives some harddisk related errors. But the harddisk checks out fine. I just need to format and reinstall debian and everything starts working fine.

The hardware is quite old. It's a P1 166MHz, 1GB Seagate HD, 64MB RAM. Help is appreciated.

Most likely your HDD is on it's way out, even though it may be checking out fine later. I suggest you replace the HDD. I have seen SCSI disks appear and disappear on HBA scans - when they appeared they worked fine but ... they eventually RIP'd.

Also, I presume you have looked at cooling issues - overheating can cause weird symptoms.