Linux-Hardware Digest #370, Volume #10 Sun, 30 May 99 23:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Bernd Deja)
What are drawbacks to using an ISA NIC? ("Steve Snyder")
How to set up Tropez Classic on 2.2? (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Re: AGP only at 8bpp?! ("Koder")
quantum bigfoot ("Joshua Stone")
Re: IRQ 61, TLB IPI problem (Greg White)
Compaq Deskpro 4000 with s3virge problem (Fredric Moestedt)
ASND3D (d Martin)
DVD support for RedHat 5.2 ("David Kanter")
Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter... (Jon Winters)
CD ROM drive failing suddenly in Linux and Win98 (Walter Francis)
Re: DVD support for RedHat 5.2 (Frank Sweetser)
Re: What are drawbacks to using an ISA NIC? (Frank Sweetser)
Weird Pentium III issue... (Eric Ladner)
Diamond Monster driver? (Brian Gilman)
Re: Need Switch/Relay Output For Alarms (Byron A Jeff)
Re: Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter... (Paul Rubin)
Re: Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint SCSI Adapter (Chris Mauritz)
kernel update ("Dr Death")
First time Linux user with a simple question (David Lentz)
Re: Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter... (Jon Winters)
Re: A problem Gigabyte with Celeron 400 (Guy Geens)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Deja)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 23:22:54 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28.05.99
regarding "Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!":
> my harddrive with DMA access under Linux I tried to do the same with
> windows. result, windows did not boot anymore. Again I examined the
> problem and try to figure out, and the problem was the same of
> windows98. I tried to change the configuration back but to no avail.
> I tried to remove the drive and the controller from the system
> configuration but still no result. The only thing I could do was
> format and reinstall!
> Now tell me why somebody keeps on saying that windows is easy to
> install?
> I say it is just bullshit. Who says this, has never installed windows
> on a non standard hardware.
I have been working now several nights to make my isdn-cardwork under
linux (by now no success) in dos/win it was a matter of minutes!
I am not too happy with linux, certailnly because obviously everybody has
other problems with the system.
Bernd
--
regards from wesel/germany
## CrossPoint v3.02 R ##
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What are drawbacks to using an ISA NIC?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 21:59:50 GMT
I discovered (by trying to use it) that the last unused PCI slot in my
system is defective. This forced me to add an ISA NIC (a 3Com 3C509B)
instead of the PCI device I had planned on.
The ISA NIC is working well. I wonder, though, what the drawbacks are
compared to a PCI NIC. This device is just attached to a cable modem,
which suggests that it will never be called upon to move more than
3MB/second anyway.
Is interrupt latency higher with an ISA NIC? Increased CPU use? The
initial install involves more work because you have to specify the IRQ and
I/O port address range. Now that the installation is done, though, I'm
interested in runtime gotchas.
Thank you.
***** Steve Snyder *****
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Subject: How to set up Tropez Classic on 2.2?
Date: 30 May 99 21:58:34 GMT
The subject says it all. Anyone has the .config and
modules conf to set up a Turtle beach Tropez Classic
sound card? Anyone knows where the doco is?
TIA.
--
Eyal Lebedinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
------------------------------
From: "Koder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel,linux.dev.kernel,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: AGP only at 8bpp?!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 00:17:35 +0200
JOe!
The problem is completely solved! My friend was wrong indeed, it was not the
kernel. I just forgot to use startx -- -bpp 24! If you use these parameters,
and your XFree86 is configured correctly, it will run on most cards!
How stupid of me! I had completely forgotten about this option. But then
again, the S3 ViRGE 3D/DX didn't need it! It worked at 24bpp without giving
an extra parameter.
Anyway, thanks everyone!
Koder
Koder wrote in message <7hq18c$7j8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>JOe!
>
>I own an Intel i740 SVGA 3D AGP with 8MB card, on which I run the XFree86
>system. I can only get it as high as 8bpp (= 256 colors). I wonder why? On
>my former SVGA card, which was an S3 ViRGE 3D/DX with 4MB, I could easily
>get it to 24bpp (= true color)
>
>Someone at work just told me that this is due to the limitations in the
>KERNEL, that does not have full support for AGP. Is this true? Any advice?
>
>And yes, I AM using the right xserver!
>
>
>sincerely,
>Koder
>
>
------------------------------
From: "Joshua Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: quantum bigfoot
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:28:33 -0400
I'm having trouble formatting a quantum bigfoot 4.3 G hard drive, I can only
get 2 Gigs, here are some details:
===================
the kernel sees 4.3G at boot (hdb1) but the wrong geometry, CHS should be
8960/15/63
hdb: QUANTUM BIGFOOT_CY4320A, 4134MB w/67kB Cache, CHS=527/255/63, DMA
===================
hdparm -i yields:
# /sbin/hdparm -I /dev/hdb1
/dev/hdb1:
Model=UQNAUT MIBFGOO_TYC3402, FwRev=0A.38000, SerialNo=617481259168
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>5Mbs TrkOff }
RawCHS=8960/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=67kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=8960/15/63, CurSects=8467200, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=527/255/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=8467200
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1
*mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:333,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
=====================
Is there any way to pass the geometry to mkfs.ext2? Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated.
=========
Josh S.
------------------------------
From: Greg White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: IRQ 61, TLB IPI problem
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:13:24 GMT
Andrew Daviel wrote:
>
> I've got a dual Celeron system, ASUS 100MHz m/b. running RedHat 6.0 Linux
> Dual 366MHz 370-pin PGA o/c to bus 85, CPU 450.
>
> After running hard for 10 hours or so (mprime + setiathome)
> I get :
> Unexpected IRQ vector 61 on CPU #1
> Stuck on TBL IPI wait (CPU #0)
>
> This with kernel 2.2.5, and also 2.3.2 SMP
>
> First time with 2.3.2, the system locked.
> With 2.2.5, it hung in there for a couple of minutes with
> lots of these errors, ethernet couldn't interrupt etc. then hung.
> Hung to black screen (was in console mode, running softdog)
> 3finger salute no good, reset button no good (maybe didn't hold it
> >4 seconds), front panel power off no good. Pulled the power for
> 1 minute - that worked, eventually.
>
> Ideas ??
>
> --
> Andrew Daviel
> http://vancouver-webpages.com/andrew
> Deniable unless digitally signed.
Uh, yeah. Try __not__ overclocking your CPUs.
GW
Follow-ups set to comp.os.linux.development.system (perhaps not the most
appropriate group in your list, but the only one I read.
------------------------------
From: Fredric Moestedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq Deskpro 4000 with s3virge problem
Date: 30 May 1999 21:31:23 GMT
Hi
I have a problem that I have seen that other people also have but I haven't
seen any solution.
Here's the problem..
When installing RedHat 6.0 on my Compag Deskpro 4000 (200MHz MMX)
with a s3 virge/gx 2MB, everythin works fine until trying to start X. X
starts but looks realy messy. I have a white square at my mouspointer and
when scrolling windows the content in them gets messed up and when a exit X
the text is totaly messed up.
I have tried to use both XF86_SVGA and XF86_S3V drivers but none of them
work. A strange thing though, when using XF86Setup it looks fine when it
starts X in "testmode" with S3V but not with SVGA. But its the same problem
when I start X as usual!
A also have a Voodoo2 card in the computer but when I remove it I still
have the same problem...
I realy need this to work, maybe a should by a new card:(
Would be grateful for some tips!
//Moe
================== Posted via SearchLinux ==================
http://www.searchlinux.com
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 18:40:14 -0400
From: d Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ASND3D
==============517B3BDD8C8E8D04156E4BA4
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Has any one had a Advance Logic Sound Card to work in linux? Thank you
in advance.
--
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is only a vision. But today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
-The Sanskrit
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
-Aristotle
David Martin
FAX (978) 418 2592
==============517B3BDD8C8E8D04156E4BA4
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Has any one had a Advance Logic Sound Card to work in linux? Thank
you in advance.
<pre>--
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow is only a vision. But today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
-The Sanskrit
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
-Aristotle
David Martin
FAX (978) 418 2592</pre>
</html>
==============517B3BDD8C8E8D04156E4BA4==
------------------------------
From: "David Kanter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD support for RedHat 5.2
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:48:48 -0500
Before I go ahead and start partitioning my hard drive to install RedHat
5.2, I want to be sure that my DVD-ROM is supported by RedHat 5.2. I have a
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1202.
I read the RedHat hardawre compatability list for DVDs, but I'm a little
confused. It sounds like the DVD drive will run CD-ROMs, but not DVDs. Is
that abbut right? Will I even be able to install the RedHat CD-ROM off the
DVD drive?
Thanks,
Dave
------------------------------
From: Jon Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,alt.periphs.pcmcia
Subject: Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter...
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 19:05:05 -0500
Hello,
I've added a PCMCIA bay to my desktop machine running RedHat Linux 6.0.
I'm trying to read a Compact Flash card from my digital camera using a
PCMCIA adapter.
When I insert the card into the bay it beeps twice but I do not know the
command to mount the card.
Any help is appriciated.
Thanks in advance.
--
Jon Winters // NBORG
http://www.newbug.org/
------------------------------
From: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD ROM drive failing suddenly in Linux and Win98
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:02:27 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed RedHat 6.0 with no problem, looked at the Applications CD
without any trouble, then I went about messing with the soundcards
(again) to get one of them working. Finally got both working, still
deciding which one to use..
However, one reboot I got an error right after:
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x3000-0x3007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x3008-0x300f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: WDC AC31600H, ATA DISK drive
hdb: WDC AC34000L, ATA DISK drive
It delays for 5 or so seconds, then says that the Interupt failed
(Reason 0x 1).
And something relating to HDC (the CD rom). I don't know why I haven't
writen the exact message down, I've been fooling with it all day. :)
I did shrink hdb1 to create a hdb3 mounted as /usr, one 720M partition
wasn't cutting it.. :) But I'm not sure if that's where the problems
started..
Anyway, the only way to get Linux booted is to unplug the CD rom from
the controller, otherwise it cycles the error message about every 10
seconds. Windows reported a read error from the drive on login (reading
disk information I suppose) and then after that I was able to access the
drive. I don't have another CD rom to swap in to check, and my cables
are goofy (two drives back-to-back and the CD rom above them) so I
really need to get new cables that aren't twisted tightly, as I suspect
possibly the CD rom cable is bad..
Any other suggestions are welcomed.
Thank you.
Walter Francis
http://wally.hplx.net Powered by RedHat 5.2
------------------------------
From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD support for RedHat 5.2
Date: 30 May 1999 19:04:01 -0400
"David Kanter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I read the RedHat hardawre compatability list for DVDs, but I'm a little
> confused. It sounds like the DVD drive will run CD-ROMs, but not DVDs. Is
> that abbut right? Will I even be able to install the RedHat CD-ROM off the
> DVD drive?
that's pretty much the story - plain old CD's work work fine in a DVD
drive, but linux doesn't support the DVD operatin yet (IIRC, the biggest
thing was support for the DVD filesystem).
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
`When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at
you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
(By Linus Torvalds)
------------------------------
From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What are drawbacks to using an ISA NIC?
Date: 30 May 1999 18:43:36 -0400
"Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I discovered (by trying to use it) that the last unused PCI slot in my
> system is defective. This forced me to add an ISA NIC (a 3Com 3C509B)
> instead of the PCI device I had planned on.
>
> The ISA NIC is working well. I wonder, though, what the drawbacks are
> compared to a PCI NIC. This device is just attached to a cable modem,
> which suggests that it will never be called upon to move more than
> 3MB/second anyway.
>
> Is interrupt latency higher with an ISA NIC? Increased CPU use? The
> initial install involves more work because you have to specify the IRQ and
> I/O port address range. Now that the installation is done, though, I'm
> interested in runtime gotchas.
the biggest gain is it's a 32bit bus, vs the 16bit ISA bus. it's also a
nice feature that the PCI bios managed resources (I/O ranges, IRQs) and
provides a nice, easy, safe way to get at 'em. i *think* the PCI bios can
also help move data around w/less work from the host CPU, at least on
bus-mastering cards, but if it's just hooked up to a cable modem you'll
probably never even max out the ISA bandwidth.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
`When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at
you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
(By Linus Torvalds)
------------------------------
From: Eric Ladner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Weird Pentium III issue...
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 23:03:10 -0500
Howdy,
I recently swapped out a motherboard and CPU under a Red Hat
5.2 (using 2.2.9) system and have noticed a couple of weird
things since.
No matter what, the average load is alwasy 1.0 (+- 0.1). If
I'm in X, it says that the X server is taking up 80-90% of the
CPU. If I'm not in X, small processes like kswapd and mysqld
seem to be competing for the CPU and take up 80-90% of the time.
Now, I think that there may be a difference in the way the
Pent III reports activity, because, generally if X is taking
up that much CPU time, the system is very unresponsive. This
system seems to zip along pretty nice.
When another job is run, it doesn't appear that it is competing
with the other stuff, they just happily move aside and give up
the CPU for the other jobs. This is why I think there are
phantom cycles being shown by top and uptime, etc.
Has anyone else seen this?
E
--
=============================================================
Eric Ladner Registered Linux user #6965
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stand up and be counted...
import COM.eladner.disclamer; http://counter.li.org
=============================================================
------------------------------
From: Brian Gilman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Monster driver?
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:25:35 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry if this is a redundant but I haven't been able to find a driver
for my diamond monster III card....Can someone put my on track? TIA!
Brian Gilman
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Need Switch/Relay Output For Alarms
Date: 30 May 1999 20:45:57 -0400
In article <Dg_33.3760$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Art Botterell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-I'm building a system for use in TV and radio newsrooms and I'd like to
-provide one or several switch-closure signals under software control. These
-would be used to actuate lights and/or other alarms when certain events
-occur (urgent news, network failure, etc.)
Sounds like a cool project.
-
-Has anyone here made a switch- or relay- output board work under Linux? If
-so, which board and where did you find the driver?
Every time I see one of those industrial board advertisements and their prices
I just cringe.
Here's my suggestion: See if you can dig up a relay box that can be connected
via the parallel port. Then you can simply write a user level program, not
a kernel device driver, to control the parallel port.
Honestly you can build up to 8 relays with RatShack parts and an afternoon's
worth of work that can connect to the parallel port. Personally I use an
optoisolator as the driver. Works like a champ.
If you get a minute post back the current/voltage specs of what you're driving
and we can make a better determination of what you need. If it turns out to
be lower amperage then 5V reed relays are the ticket.
As for driving the ports take a browse through the IO-Port-Programming mini
HOWTO. You can find it under the Support section at www.linux.org.
Hope this helps,
BAJ
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,alt.periphs.pcmcia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Rubin)
Subject: Re: Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter...
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 01:46:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jon Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've added a PCMCIA bay to my desktop machine running RedHat Linux 6.0.
>
>I'm trying to read a Compact Flash card from my digital camera using a
>PCMCIA adapter.
>
>When I insert the card into the bay it beeps twice but I do not know the
>command to mount the card.
Try booting the machine with the card in the slot. Then look at the
boot messages (/var/log/messages, I think), where PCMCIA card services
gets started. You should see a device probe message saying something
like "/dev/hde, 45 megabytes". Then you should be able to su to root
and say something like
mount -t msdos /dev/hde /mnt
to put the flash card on /mnt (assuming /dev/hde is the right device).
I don't know how well Card Services handles the case when you put the
card in while the system is running instead of before you boot. I'm
afraid this is one area where Linux isn't so strong.
------------------------------
From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint SCSI Adapter
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 01:48:57 GMT
Dieter Rohlfing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using the Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint SCSI Adapter in 2 PCs, with IBM
> DCAS 4.1 GB on the 16-bit side and a Plextor CDROM on the 8-bit side.
> Kernel is 2.0.36. Works for me without any problems for more than 18
> months.On Fri, 28 May 1999 17:52:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed. The Buslogic/Mylex controllers have been trouble free for me
since the 1.x days. The Adaptec controllers have always been flaky.
That's likely because the authors of the driver (until very recently)
had to essentially reverse engineer the drivers since Adaptec blocked
all attempts to get vital developer info about their products for
Linux development.
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: "Dr Death" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel update
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 03:31:42 +0100
The documents seem to agree that the lInux kernel is in /usr/src/linux. I
dont seem to have this dir. I have /usr/src/redhat but i cant find the
kernel files there. I am trying to update with 2.2. Ive unziped the files to
a temp dir called linux.
Can anyone tell me what to do next
Thanks
Ian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: David Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: First time Linux user with a simple question
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:04:36 -0400
Hello all,
I am a first time Linux user and I must say I like it a lot! I have a
problem though, my system has a Diamond Stealth GII 460 card and I can't
quite seem to get the most out of it. The resolution I get is like
300xsomething. Has anyone got a Diamond Stealth II 460 to work
correctly?
Thank you,
David Lentz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Jon Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,alt.periphs.pcmcia
Subject: Re: Compact Flash with PCMCIA Adapter...
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 21:32:39 -0500
a bolger wrote:
>
> it should see your pcmcia reader as a "drive" on your machine
> go to file mgr and see if it exists there
> andy
It won't appear as a drive until its _mounted_ and that is where I'm
having trouble.
If you've got it working correctly please post details so I can
duplicate your setup.
Thanks
Jon Winters
> Jon Winters wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've added a PCMCIA bay to my desktop machine running RedHat Linux 6.0.
> >
> > I'm trying to read a Compact Flash card from my digital camera using a
> > PCMCIA adapter.
> >
> > When I insert the card into the bay it beeps twice but I do not know the
> > command to mount the card.
> >
> > Any help is appriciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > --
> > Jon Winters // NBORG
> > http://www.newbug.org/
--
Jon Winters // NBORG
http://www.newbug.org/
------------------------------
From: Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: A problem Gigabyte with Celeron 400
Date: 30 May 1999 16:59:59 +0200
>>>>> "Kemal" == Kemal E Tepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kemal> The problem occurs when I try to compile some large programs
Kemal> such as the compiler egcs-1.1.2, or gcc-2.8.1 with this system,
Kemal> the current compiler gives FATAL SIGNAL 11 error and stops. But
Kemal> the same system compiles kernel, 2.2.9 and some small C
Kemal> programs without a problem.
Kemal> The current compiler is 2.7.2.1 and I am using it with my
Kemal> K6-300 system and K6 system compiled gcc-2.8.1 without a
Kemal> problem. This eliminates a bug in the compiler. So the only
Kemal> cause for SIGNAL 11 is hardware.
You are correct in this deduction. In fact, signal 11 while compiling
large programs almost always indicates a hardware error. I have even
seen a FAQ about it, on my Infomagic CD-ROM, on the disk containing
the Red Hat distribution. (The file claims to be a copy of a web page
from www.bitwizard.nl)
Kemal> Running PC100 SDRAMs at 66 MHZ bus speed can create a problem ?
Based on my knowledge of semiconductors, I would say not. It is
possible your RAM is simply bad. It could also be your cache memory
(on the Celeron chip). Or it might be your hard disk.
One of the first things to do, is to check all the jumper settings
relating to memory timing (you might have forgotten one when you
switched your board back to 66 MHz).
One (very unpleasant) possibility is that you have damaged your
mainboard or processor in your overclocking experiments.
My best guess would be the hard disk. Try running badblocks on the
device, to see if that turns up any errors. Especially check the swap
partitions, they might be causing the problem. (I had a couple of bad
blocks on my swap partition lately, and it locked up my SCSI bus, and
the complete system.)
--
G. ``Iggy'' Geens - Modest, memorable improvement beast
Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Home page: http://gallery.uunet.be/ggeens
``I was thinking about how everyone was dying
and maybe it's time to live.'' - Eels
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
