> I realize this might be a broken harddrive, but even though, is ubuntu > supposed to crash this way if there's an IO error?
No.
It seems the problem comes along the more busy the machine is. It could just be that copying lots of files in and out of RAM is busy enough.
Still, only a couple more months before someone comes along and says "Is it fixed in 8.04". :-(
> I realize this might be a broken harddrive, but even though, is ubuntu
> supposed to crash this way if there's an IO error?
No.
It seems the problem comes along the more busy the machine is. It could
just be that copying lots of files in and out of RAM is busy enough.
Still, only a couple more months before someone comes along and says "Is
it fixed in 8.04". :-(