On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 11:31:52 -0700 (MST) Clayton Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had a friend who was having problems such as this, i.e. somewhat > random lockups of the system. What he found out was that he had an > older Western Digital drive on the IDE bus that he originally was using > for swap and later wasn't even using the drive. As long as the drive > was on the IDE bus he had problems and when he removed the drive the > system became significantly more stable. Just finished installing LM8.2 on a system which had an old ~300MB WD HD as a W98 swap disk... the install would never get past the first few seconds until I disconnected it. So even older WD drives suck... Pierre > What I am saying is that you may indeed have some type of drive issue > here. I personally won't buy Western Digital drives for a LINUX box. > > -Clayton > > bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > reading the home page it seems that it is primarily a cpu loader, > > while i > > will try this the cpu/mobo combo in my box are a known entity as they > > were > > the basis of my main box before i upgraded just recently, i used > > extraneous > > hardware to make up a new box and i'm wondering if there isn't > > something > > amiss with say, the disks or something > > > > bascule > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 02 July 2002 2:16 am, you wrote: > > > > > > > > Cpuburn loads the whole system to the max > > > > > > http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ > > > > -- > > "Oh no, not again." > > > > - A bowl of petunias on it's way to certain death. > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Clayton Knight > Voice: (480) 345-3617 Schlumberger ATE > FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 > Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __o > _`\<,_ > _______(*)/_(*)__________ > >
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