> It's me again with some conclusions. > > First of all, the problem has nothing to do with the SCSI card > (remember my linux os runs on a IDE disk but I also have a scsi card). > The fact I can't get to my scsi-card BIOS anymore is due to the fact > that the PCI slots share IRQs. My old AHA-2940 card can't handle this > seemingly.
What about putting the card into different slot? I think PCI irq lines should be shifted between slots. > Even when indicating to my mb BIOS that I do not have a pnp capable os > and resetting its build up irq database there's no way I can get to > the scsi-card bios (ctrl-A on bootup), the card reports it can't find > itself! > I took out this SCSI card altogether and waited for file corruptions > to emerge after inpromptu shutdowns. I didn't have to wait long, same > file corruptions (files filled with nulls, ^@) were detected. > So the first conclusion is that there is sth. wrong with xfs in the > 2.4.8 kernel. > > My next step will be to try out the latest version of xfs; either > compiled in 2.4.8 or in 2.4.18. > Interesting. I didnt have any fs corruption with XFS and 2.4.8 kernel but with 2.4.17 I turned off the computer and one of my partitions could not be mounted at all. After fsck it went online again, but I dont know what got lost in the process.
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