> ACPI is the strongest probable cause at the moemtn Yes.
> They're cheap $75 non-raid cards, but have worked perfectly in another > machine. Good, in principle Linux shouldn't have a problem with their IDE chip then. > I also get this in dmesg: > > Losing too many ticks! > TSC cannot be used as a timesource. Ah, dual CPU. There was some issue with time keeping and CPU sclaing down for power saving in modern Athlons, but yours are older Pentiums. Try turning off CPU frequency scaling or whatever it's called, the thing that shuts down the CPU when not in use. Some sort of BIOS/kernel ACPI problem. Try different BIOS settings related to this? Try a different kernel?? Does it work with only one CPU used? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
