Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:56:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:56:38 -0400 Received: from blue.gradwell.net ([195.149.39.10]:38594 "HELO blue.gradwell.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:56:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 22:58:35 +0100 From: Peter Hamilton To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.12: High disk activity + system load causes lockup Message-ID: <20011023225835.A3464@hamil.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Regarding: 2.4.12: High disk activity + system load causes lockup. On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:40:47 Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Pete, > > Please try to reproduce the problem without the Nvidia driver loaded. I can confirm that the system locks up reliably without the Nvidia driver. This time I was doing a "mke2fs /dev/hda9" to create a 1Gb junk partition for testing this very problem :-) The system died when it reached the "Writing superblocks...:" stage. Back to 2.4.6 at the moment. I'm not subscribed to this list, so please Cc: if you want me to see replies - thanks. All the best, Pete. - 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/