Hi,
With regard to my missing file, I tracked it down to the following.
May 27 12:49:23 quicksrv kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
May 27 12:49:23 quicksrv kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=3446096, sector=2883758
May 27 12:49:23 quicksrv kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:06 (hda), sector 2883758
May 27 12:49:23 quicksrv kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,6)): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=180430, block=360469
I've rebooted in single user mode, ran e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda6, with no problems.
In single user mode, I can seen /etc/e-smith/web/common quite normally, but not in regular mode.
Any ideas, or should I think about replacing the hard drive?
Alex