Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Chip Salzenberg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: >> (32 bytes is the size of a cache line.) A memory tester might be >> something to try (I wrote a simple program that seemed to show the >> error better than memtest86; can send it if desired.) > >Already tried

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: > (32 bytes is the size of a cache line.) A memory tester might be > something to try (I wrote a simple program that seemed to show the > error better than memtest86; can send it if desired.) Already tried that... this system has passed some 20 hours

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake 7.2 works fine ... :) > > > > Hmmm... 32 CONSECUTIVE bytes are a very peculiar error. What can it be? > > > > Still experimenting... > > I once ran into a problem with 32-byte

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake 7.2 works fine ... :) Hmmm... 32 CONSECUTIVE bytes are a very peculiar error. What can it be? Still experimenting... I once ran into a problem with 32-byte errors appearing

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: (32 bytes is the size of a cache line.) A memory tester might be something to try (I wrote a simple program that seemed to show the error better than memtest86; can send it if desired.) Already tried that... this system has passed some 20 hours

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-14 Thread Chip Salzenberg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Nate Eldredge wrote: (32 bytes is the size of a cache line.) A memory tester might be something to try (I wrote a simple program that seemed to show the error better than memtest86; can send it if desired.) Already tried that...

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-13 Thread Nate Eldredge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake 7.2 works fine ... :) > > Hmmm... 32 CONSECUTIVE bytes are a very peculiar error. What can it be? > > Still experimenting... I once ran into a problem with 32-byte errors appearing in files, and later, in memory. I eventually

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-13 Thread Nate Eldredge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake 7.2 works fine ... :) Hmmm... 32 CONSECUTIVE bytes are a very peculiar error. What can it be? Still experimenting... I once ran into a problem with 32-byte errors appearing in files, and later, in memory. I eventually

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-12 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, GĂ©rard Roudier wrote: > using a sym53c875 controller. In this case, kernel 2.2 was fine. > > > Now I'll build some old 2.2 kernel to try... > > If 2.2 is ok with your tape, a software error in 2.4 gets very likely, in > my opinion. Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake

Re: SCSI Tape Corruption - update 2

2001-04-12 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Grard Roudier wrote: using a sym53c875 controller. In this case, kernel 2.2 was fine. Now I'll build some old 2.2 kernel to try... If 2.2 is ok with your tape, a software error in 2.4 gets very likely, in my opinion. Well, the 2.2 distributed with Mandrake 7.2 works