Unable to start new processes

[Rashkae]

On 10-11-04 10:17 PM, Chris MacDonald wrote:
> I should have mentioned the flash drives again in my more recent post,
> they're these:
>
> http://www.micron.com/products/solid_state_storage/eusb.html
>
> or more specifically
>
> http://www.micron.com/document_download/?documentId=575
>
> I wasn't involved in procurement but anything I read there leads me to
> believe they're ok for use as an OS drive and employ some manner of
> both error correction and wear levelling. However, a trip to Micron's
> website has made me aware of an app they have for pulling bad block
> count information off the module; I'll contact them and see where that
> takes me.
>
> Thanks for the input all, this has given me a few more things to try.
>
> Chris
>    

You're right, those are not at all what I was thinking, and should 
certainly be up to the task at hand.  However, the errors in your dmesg 
are what they are.  The only thing to do now is narrow down whether the 
io errors originate in those devices or the MB.