I forgot to mention, on kernel 2.4.18+patch, I have had no problems at all.
Conway S. Smith On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:47:34 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've been having problems with major filesystem corruption on > kernels > 2.4.19, 2.4.20, and 2.4.21. > I'm pretty sure it's a problem with the driver for the PCI expansion > IDE > controller the drives are on, > and I've reported this problem to the manufacturer (Promise > Technology > Inc, www.promise.com), > but I haven't really gotten any help from them. I've been > considering > sending this to the kernel mailing > list, but I'm a little in awe of all the hardcore coders there, so > I > figured I'd see if I could get any help > here first. > > The drive is being controlled by a PCI expansion Ultra133 TX2 card > (PDC20269 chipset). It uses > the pdc202xx driver, with patches for 2.4.18 & 2.4.19; 2.4.20 & > 2.4.21 > don't need the patch. The > patches were available on www.promise.com, but for some reason > they've > been taken off. My > problem is, on 2.4.19+patch, 2.4.20, and 2.4.21, after compiling > the > kernel and rebooting, the first > time the filesystem is mounted, it works fine. But after that, the > filesystem becomes corrupted. It > does this on ext2, ext3, and reiserfs. My fat32 partitions (on a > seperate drive, also on the expansion > IDE controller) don't exhibit any symptoms at all. I have attached > the > config & dmesg files for 2.4.18 > (has no problems) and 2.4.21 (major filesystem corruption after > first > mount). Below is a diagram of > my system configuration. > > Mainboard: MSI KT3 Ultra (MS-6380E) > Mainboard chipset: VIA KT333 & VIA VT8233A > Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.667 GHz) > Memory: 768 MB PC2100 DDR RAM > Onboard IDE: > Pri Master: LITE-ON LTR-40125S 40x12x48 CD-RW > Pri Slave: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1502 > Sec Master: Imation LS-120 Superdisk UHD Floppy > Sec Slave: Unused > Ultra133TX2 PDC20269 BIOS Version 2.20.0.15 > Pri Master: MAXTOR 6L060J3 LBA 57259MB UDMA6 > hda1: fat32 windows c: > hda2: fat32 windows e: > hda3: fat32 windows e: > hda4: fat32 windows f: > Pri Slave: Unused > Sec Master: Western Digital WDC WD205AA-00BAA0 LBA 19569MB > UDMA4 > hdc1: ext3 > hdc2: swap > Sec Slave: Unused > > Any help resolving this would be appreciated, > Conway S. Smith ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
