Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:15:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:15:30 -0500 Received: from datafoundation.com ([209.150.125.194]:16900 "EHLO datafoundation.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:15:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:15:01 -0500 (EST) From: John Jasen To: Michal Jaegermann cc: Andre Hedrick , , Subject: Re: 2.4.x/alpha/ALI chipset/IDE problems summary Re: 2.4.1 not fully sane on Alpha - file systems In-Reply-To: <20010215124837.B13755@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > Well, the situation is improving, I suppose ... > > > > Under kernel 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, a dd of about 10000 4k blocks would cause > > the system to go technicolor and lock up. > > On UP1100 which I have here somehow this looks a bit different _after_ > I put on it the latest SRM and used this "magic incantation" from > Hyung Min SEO ('d -l 801fe0000ac d' at SRM prompt to modify firmware). > I copied from disk to disk directory tries with some 150 MB of data > in these and no ill effects. I retried the mysticism and incantations (d -l 801fe0000ac d) at the srm prompt, and the machine locked on fsck, under kernel 2.4.1-ac13. I don't care about X on this system, all that much, honestly. -- John - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/