Messages in this thread |  | | From | James Usmar <> | Date | Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:48:58 GMT0BST | Subject | Re: Endeavour / IDE / Linux 1.2.13 |
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Hi..
[Jos Vos writes]
> I just installed a new system containing an Intel Endeavour with a P133, > 32 MB RAM (60ns) and a Quantum EIDE drive (2.5 GB). I use Linux 1.2.13. > > The IDE stuff just doesn't seem to work properly: > > When I reboot the system in the normal way, after about 10 minutes of > heavy disk I/O, and force a filesystem check in single user mode, > the filesystem is _always_ corrupted (and this is after a clean unmount!). > In a lot of cases, the kernel even panics or hangs when doing e2fsck then! > Also, during e2fsck, I often get the message "VFS: Wrong blocksize > on device 3/2". >
Do you use '95 or any form of the new stack/compression vol stuff that is currently getting churned out from everywhere..
This might be a problem since they do _very_ weird things to partition tables and continuously common interface problems form "bad" data sets being registered there.. Microsft trying to be clever.
I have had some problems like this, and I found resetting the partition boundaries clear of the compressed drives is a possible solution - although not ideal..
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> And now the interesting point: I also have an ASUS P55T2P4 (the new one), > a P166, and the same RAM and disk (that is, same brand, specs, speed, etc), > and that works flawlessly (i'm doing the same tests, of course). > > So, my questions: > > - Is this maybe a known bug in the Intel Endeavour?
Have no idea...
> - Or is the Intel board triggering a bug in the 1.2.13 IDE driver? > - Is there a patch for the 1.2.13 IDE driver (for example) to solve > the problem or to act as a workaround? > - Will Linux 2.0 solve the problem (I'll probably try this myself, > but I just don't want to run 2.0 now on that particular system > at this moment)? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > -- > -- Jos Vos <jos@xos.nl> > -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 > -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 > >
James Usmar Physics, Nottingham Uni, UK. god@hhn1.nott.ac.uk
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