I tried both cam and bio -- no difference. It is not that it's
slow -- I was prepared for that, it is that it totally hangs --
forever.
I narrowed it down to softupdates. If I disable the softupdates on
the cartridge's filesystem copying finishes successfully. Somehow
the `cp' process takes 150% of the CPU time (purely single CPU system),
but that's a different story, I guess.
I hope, this sad experience of mine will help further improve
softupdates.
-mi
----- Forwarded message from Alfred Perlstein -----
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> When I try to cp a big file (Wordperfect distribution) onto a Zip
> cartridge (with ufs with softupdates) the whole system becomes "jerky"
> and soon hangs -- I can still go from one virtual console to another,
> but can not do anything and need cold reboot.
[...]
try searching the lists, my suggestion is to compile like so:
controller ppc0 at isa? disable port ? tty irq 7
change to:
controller ppc0 at isa? disable port ? cam irq 7
-----------------------------------------^^^
you may also want to try 'bio' it's been explained on the lists and i'm
unsure.
----- End of forwarded message from Alfred Perlstein -----
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