B.O. Jone wrote: >Hi, > I wound up here after wondering around in search of a >miracle hand over my ailing Mandrake. > 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future >development ahead of all other distros. But I have one >cripling problem on my system: crashes everywhere. > Crashes come during bootup at various >points--Loading..., Starting..., etc., but always at a >different point. > Crashes also come in routine file read/write >operations after clicking on a loaded file folder with >the Home icon. > I have an impression that the new kernel 2.4x, on >which 8.x is based, is not yet settled down, >especially in file-r/w functions. > One clear signal of crash is to see the hd pilot >light lit up without blinking. > When a crash happens, there is no remedy but to >switch off the power and start over. The key presses >like ctl-alt-bs/del and Xkill do not function. > My question: Is there a way to tweak the kernel (or >my machine) settings to smooth over my system--amd k6 >300mhz mmx, 130mb ram, read3d starfighter vid card >16mb? > Or any other remedy, bettern than waiting for the >next version to come out. > thanx a mil. >ben > >__ > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� >http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ben you have a corrupted install and/or bad memory/bad disk. Kernel 2.4 is well settled, even with a lot of the new features like devfs, and it is running everywhere. Windows does not often use middle-upper memory and linux uses all od it or nearly all of it all the time.
try /images directory to make a memory testing diskette,,, boot from it and let it roll. I think the filename is /images/memtest-x86.bin on the first CD which you rawrite or dd to a floppy. There is the off chance that you have the rare hard disk drive-chipset combination that causes geometry errors, but we have been three distros without that, so I think not. There is a real chance that you have an out-of-spec hard drive (and if the kernel identifies it as WDxxxxx where the x's are numbers and letters, the probability goes up dramatically, especially with ATA133 drivers now active. Of course if you are using a Promise card, well the mostr recent drivers were just patched and offered again by Promise who discovered a small error which might make some systems crashy. The fix will be available before the 8.2 boxed sets are. Probably in a week or so--to give us time to test. Civileme
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