Civileme wrote:
> This is unlikely to be a software problem. Offhand I
> would say the K6-3 may be the culprit. The tri-level
> cache never did work well enough for AMD to continue
> it, and what you describe could be explained by
> something not being flushed from the cache..
I don't agree at all. I have been using the same k6-3 400
for more than a year, no problem whatsoever (with VIA MVP3
chipset). I am unable, though, to duplicate his problem,
but my CD-RW and CD-ROM are both SCSI, I think I noted
that SCSI is more stable than IDE on the whole ...
> To check for a software problem, login as root, raise a
> Konsole and type
>
> supermount disable
Well although I use Mandrake I never used supermount
(disactivated it right after install), I don't need that
and have had problems with it, especially on floppies ...
>
> Then physically mount a data CD and try to read the
> directory by clicking on the CD icon. If that does not
> work, your problem is almost certainly hardware.
>
Right.
> For the hardware problem, the remedies might be as
> follows:
>
> 1. Go to www.gigabyte.com and download and flash the
> latest version of the BIOS, especially if it supports
> ort is purported to support, the K6-3.
If this changes anything the culprit is more likely
the chipset than the K6-3 itself ...
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Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
74 Annemasse France
old Linux fan
