Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Alan Cox <> | | Subject | Re: problems with memory/file corruption | | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:38:36 +0100 (BST) |
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> Well, Linux may be good, but it does seem strange that OS/2 and Win NT > runs without any problems on the same machine. I have just had my entire > motherboard & ram replaced and have the *exact* same problems in Linux. > > There is a nasty bug in Linux lurking somewhere, only going away when > you disabel both the internal & external CPU caches.
Almost every report of this sort of thing has come down to faulty boards or I/O. Almost - thats not every. Can you try and pin down things that make a difference - eg disabling the PCI optimisation and 4Mb pages. Also if you have a B stepping 100MHz pentium we need to know that.
Alan
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