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DateFri, 24 Apr 1998 20:38:32 -0700
FromBill Broadhurst <>
SubjectRe: Linux-2.1.98..
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 10:41:24PM +0200, Henrik Storner wrote:
> F Harvell <spam@fts.net>:
> 
> >On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 01:13:22 PDT, Bill Broadhurst wrote:
> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:30:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > I just released a fairly small patch to 97 to bring it up to 98.
> >> 
> >> Seems to break my BusLogic controller.  Hangs right after the floppy where it 
> >> would normally start the SCSI messages.  Hard hang.  
> 
> >  Similar thing here.  Two observations: 1) The hang was right after the "Floppy 
> > drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M", but before the "FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077" 
> 
> Seems that 2.1.98 hangs for a lot of people. But maybe the problem is with
> the floppy driver ? I use a versioned kernel with no floppy driver built-in,
> and 2.1.98 appears quite OK here.
> 
> My NCR810 SCSI controller and SCSI harddisk are also running fine.
> 
> Could someone who has experienced the lockups try booting a kernel without the 
> floppy driver ?

I have done.  It boots and runs for awhile then locks.  Longest run
thus far has been about 40 mins.

-bb

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