In your email to me, Dieter Rohlfing, you wrote: > > Tim Sailer wrote: > > > Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem, > > and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek. > > It's revision B with BIOS 1.21
That's fairly recent I think.. > > The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best. I have a > > production system with a 4 month old 2940 in it that runs > > with no problem. Ny system at home, OTOH, has an 18 month old > > 2940, and it panics about every 2 weeks. This is a problem with > > the driver, not the distribution. > > That doesn't explain, why Caldera et.al don't have the problems debian I have no idea what Caldera distributes for a kernel. Theirs may be heavily patched with the new drivers. I can't speak for them. > has. And what about the 2842? Beta, too? Both controller use the same > chip, one is VLB, the other PCI. That's all. If this is the case, then I'd say yes.. Tim PS: I really don't understand the combative and agressive tone on this list lately. If folks are not happy with Debian, there are plenty of other distributions. If Caldera works for you, spend your money, and be happy with what you get. As far as with Debian, how much do you expect for *nothing*? -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
