Messages in this thread |  | | From | Jos Vos <> | Subject | Re: Endeavour / IDE / Linux 1.2.13 | Date | Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:35:39 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> > 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: > > Do you use '95 or any form of the new stack/compression vol stuff that > is currently getting churned out from everywhere..
Nope. And I want to keep it far away from me... :-)
> 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..
I now think the memory is bad. When I boot with "mem=8m", all works fine, even the most intensive tests succeed and keep the fs's OK. As soon as I do a (single user) fsck with > 8MB, I get very strange errors, even with a cleanly unmounted fs.
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