Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756284AbYAVXuM (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:50:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753315AbYAVXuF (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:50:05 -0500 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:42127 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752528AbYAVXuD (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:50:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:50:02 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Manuel Reimer cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Massive IDE problems. Who leaves data here? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <47965138.8060603@garzik.org> <2c0942db0801221246u678d2a20xef9cf93ee28eaf51@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 790 Lines: 19 On Jan 22 2008 22:04, Manuel Reimer wrote: > > ... that may be possible... > > I have all PCI slots filled with cards, two big IDE hard drives and one DVD RAM > writer. I already disconnected the DVD drive, as this was nearly unusable with > all those IDE errors. The power supply is (AFAIR) a 200 watt one. Ugh, 250 W was a safe^[0] minimum even back in '98 when harddisks were like 4.3GB and a dual-speed CD-RW drive was like $400 and up. You seriously need to replace that. [0] e.g. suited for 2 CD drives and 2 harddisks, 2 PCI and 1 AGP -- 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/