Re: which 2.4 kernel and patch(es) to avoid IDE disk corruption when DMA on?

2003-01-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * nate [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 10:53:16AM]: > the problem is probably easier resolved by using another IDE controller, > I highly reccomend the Promise ATA/100 and ATA/66 series(have not tried > the ATA/133). DMA problems are most often caused by buggy IDE controllers SO GO AND TRY before yo

Re: which 2.4 kernel and patch(es) to avoid IDE disk corruption when DMA on?

2003-01-16 Thread Daniel Barclay
nate wrote: > > ... DMA problems are most often caused by buggy IDE controllers > or perhaps the *driver* [emphasis added]. Exactly--that's why I'm trying to figure out which version of the driver (kernel and modules) is (thought to be) the most stable and bug-fixed. There are a number of messag

Re: which 2.4 kernel and patch(es) to avoid IDE disk corruption when DMA on?

2003-01-16 Thread nate
Daniel Barclay said: > > I've been having a heck of a time with repeated IDE disk corruption when I > try to enable DMA mode, and with trying to figure out which versions of > the stable (2.4) kernel actually are stable. > > What is the recommended combination of base kernel versions and > patches

which 2.4 kernel and patch(es) to avoid IDE disk corruption when DMA on?

2003-01-16 Thread Daniel Barclay
I've been having a heck of a time with repeated IDE disk corruption when I try to enable DMA mode, and with trying to figure out which versions of the stable (2.4) kernel actually are stable. What is the recommended combination of base kernel versions and patches to avoid IDE disk corruption and