Strange behavior with 2.4.x on a Celeron
Hello,
I have a Celeron 400MHz/66MHz with 256MB of RAM, a 6.4GB Quantum Fireball
and an onboard SiS AGP chipset. I am currently running 2.4.5. I have noticed that when I unpack large tar files on my system, it will sometimes lock up the hard disk, and I would also guess the filesystem code with it. When I try to switch to another VC to kill the tar process, it hangs when I run ps ax. When I try to run ANY command which accesses the hard disk, it also hangs. Accessing /proc or /dev (I use devfs) doesn't cause any problems. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Brad
Is your hard drive setup for DMA?
Run/sbin/hdparm /dev/hda
to check.
If so, you may want to tweak some settings, or even check that your cables are good and don't go too near other cables.
I had similar problems when I bought a new UDMA/100 hard drive and wanted to connect it to my HT366 controller rather than my ATA/33 controller. It would work for awhile, then under heavy load I would loose an IRQ and I had to do a hard reset.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Brad Chapman
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 7:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Strange behavior with 2.4.x on a Celeron
Hello,
I have a Celeron 400MHz/66MHz with 256MB of RAM, a 6.4GB Quantum Fireball
and an onboard SiS AGP chipset. I am currently running 2.4.5. I have noticed
that when I unpack large tar files on my system, it will sometimes lock up the hard disk, and I would also guess the filesystem code with it. When I try
to switch to another VC to kill the tar process, it hangs when I run ps ax. When I try to run ANY command which accesses the hard disk, it also hangs. Accessing /proc or /dev (I use devfs) doesn't cause any problems. Anyone have
any ideas?
Thanks,
Brad
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