> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I have a MIATA PWS 500a with a custom Woody installation updated to SID, > > > > BUT I get strange filesystem (ext2) corruptions only with the 2.4.26 > > kernel. Untarring the kernel sources I can see random binary data in the > > sources. I also tried a 2.6.4 kernel but the filesystem corruption was so > > bad I had to wipe the disk. > > Yeah. I had this problem to. Corrupted my backup harddrive as well. : ) > > I finally got bug free access to my IDE drives by not compiling in CMD646 > support to kernel (i.e. just generic PCI IDE). > > This stops the kernel from enabling any special features (DMA, etc) on the > CMD646 chipset. The downside is IDE disk access is slow. > > - From reading the documentation/source, I understand the CMD64x chipsets are > buggier than I'll get out. Guess the real solution then is to use the SCSI > subsystem or a different IDE controller. This is correct. I don't, and according to everything I've read, would never run anything on the onboard IDE controller on the MIATA. The CMD646 is just horrible. I use SCSI (a Qlogic 1020/1040) for my disks. I have kept the cdrom on there.
Good luck. James > > - -T > > - -- > Tyson Whitehead ([EMAIL PROTECTED] -- WSC-) > Computer Engineer Dept. of Applied Mathematics, > Graduate Student- Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario, > GnuPG Key ID# 0x8A2AB5D8 London, Ontario, Canada > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAmQvWRXbLmIoqtdgRAuvTAJ9TkVCGHOB2L8MQkU91SBD+5vIZ0ACg2R4u > 6i60txo4NXG7OnEu/zvgpBk= > =ncYA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
