Re: linux 2.2.1 crashing frequently

Jose Alonso (alonso@agencia.oesp.com.br)
Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:29:24 +0000

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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:15:30 +0100 (CET), Jens Glaser wrote:
>Hi,
>
>1. the 2.2.1 crashes very often on my system. 2.0.x worked flawlessly.
>The crash seems to occur with heavy disk activity (under X, or when
>using dpkg, or when fscking at bootup ..). I have an ATAPI disk.
> ...

Try to disable the IDE DMA.
(use the command: "hdparm -d0 /dev/hda" after boot, or compile the
kernel
without IDE DMA support)

alonso

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