"And at install time between a CD and a hdd both running DMA...."
I have the Via chipset with the above situation: after crashing several times while I
tried the few tricks I know, the RC1 install suddenly went through fine, have no clue
why ! copying 670Mb of packages took all of a blazing 3-4 minutes ! nice going,
Mandrake crew, nice :-)
btw: Win2K also has an impossibly hard time with this mobo until I abandoned it for
old warhorse NT4SP6 *groan*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Friday 13 April 2001 17:45, you wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 04:53, you wrote:
> > > JoAnne wrote:
> > > > The Register: Data-corruption bug hits VIA chipsets(Apr 13, 2001, 15:10
> > > > UTC) (1719 reads) (4 talkbacks) (Posted by kreichard)
> > > > Dennis E. Powell writes to tell us about the Register's coverage: "The
> > > > kernel crowd have been trying for months to track this thing down;
> > > > turns out now that it's not their fault!
> > >
> > > *OUCH*!!! My AOpen mobo has the VIA chipset... (and it's Friday
> > > the thirteenth!).
> > > Can't afford a new mobo, so does this mean that all the kinky goings on
> > > with my system
> > > _wasn't_ due to beta code, the phase of the moon, or my cat biting me?
> > > <*sheesh*!!>
> > >
> > > ... so what do we do now? ... switch to Windows
> > > Me??? [NOT!!!]
> > >
> > > Elton Woo ;-)
> >
> > It only happens with big files between two ide hard drives at maximum
> > throughput and blah blah blah read the report
>
>
> And at install time between a CD and a hdd both running DMA....
>
> And probably not testably reproducible at other times as well...
>
> It is a _HARDWARE_RACE_CONDITION_ and those tend to be as predictable as the
> outcome of a rain dance. Just lucky someone found a reproducible set of
> circumstances so some confessions could be forthcoming and a fix could be
> encouraged, else the poor overworked kernel hackers in all distros would
> still be pulling out their hair, or flattening the tops of their heads by
> bashing them against the nearest convenient wall.
>
> Civileme
>
>
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