> I have no issues whatsoever on this amd64 notebook with > 2.6.30 and reiser. > It's now on 2.6.31 and still working fine. My ancient x86 > file server is still > on 2.6.29, mostly as I'd read the same report you did. > > The problematic combination reported then was x86, reiser, > 2.6.30, IDE chipset
FWIW I had problems with amd64 (Dell Studio 1737). Perhaps a different issue. Also the hard lock up that preceeded the reiser issue occurred multiple times on .30, whereas .29 is solid.

