I have seen this in several of my boxes with IDE disks. The problem
has always been that, by default, Linux disables serial port
interrupts while writing/reading to IDE disks. Use the hdparm utility
to tell Linux to not disable serial port interrupts while accesing the
disk and see if that helps.
peloy.-
Scott Dudley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm running pppd 2.3.3 on a P166 with 48MB RAM running RH 5.1 (kernel
> 2.0.34). Yes, I know I need to upgrade but patiently waiting for 6.0
> (2.2 kernel).
>
> Just installed Vmware (http://www.vmware.com), the 80x86 emulator.
> Don't know how many of you have played with it but it smokes! I now
> have windows nt4 running in a box as an application under Linux where it
> belongs. Now, when I get a blue screen of death, I simply restart the
> emulator. The rest of my environment is unaffected.
>
> So much for the rhetoric... I've observed that when vmware is running,
> that my ppp connection goes to hell. I'm seeing 50%+ packet loss.
> Could this be because the emulator is tasking resources (CPU, RAM,
> etc.)?
>
> If I shut it the emulator down, all is well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Scott Dudley
>
>
>
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