Messages in this thread | | | From | (Chris Adams) | Subject | Re: fs corruption with pre-2.3.9-5 + this little patch | Date | 30 Jun 1999 16:40:42 -0500 |
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Once upon a time, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said: >On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 roel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl wrote: >> I assume still nobody has a clue why on the 2.2.xx series FS corruption >> occurs ? > >That's correct. There seems to be _some_ correlation with the aic7xxx >driver, but even that's so weak that it might just be that it just shows >up a lot because it is so popular. There's certainly a stronger >correlation with overclocking and overheating ;)
I've had problems under both 2.2.9 and 2.2.10, and I don't overclock. Also, I don't think my system is overheating (I've got a PC Power & Cooling "Turbo Cool" power supply and extra fans in the case). I've got an old 3.5" half-height Seagate Barracuda in the case, but it doesn't seem to be too hot if I open the case and feel it.
I have been using "egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)" to compile my kernel (that's what comes with Red Hat 6.0). I've seen that maybe that is a problem, but right now (and I hate to say this since I know my problem won't get fixed this way), I just don't have time to "fiddle" since this is my work system, and I've lost too much time this month as it is having to re-install Linux. I've just stuck with 2.2.5 compiled with egcs, since it works.
When you work in a company that is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, Technical Education Center, and more, there is a lot of pressure to switch to Windows if your system has trouble and you're running Linux. I can't afford to have Linux fail again right now; someone might re-format my hard drive while I'm out of the office! :-) -- Chris Adams <cadams@ro.com> - System Administrator Renaissance Internet Services - IBS Interactive, Inc. Home: http://ro.com/~cadams - Public key: http://ro.com/~cadams/pubkey.txt I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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