kernel 2.4.2 and high load = machine freezes?

I installed kernel 2.4.2 and while it works ok most of the time there were two occasions when computer (almost) froze, load being 100% and almost nothing worked for about an hor or more. both times this high load attack happened I opened xv (the thumbs view) on a directory with large number

Re: kernel 2.4.2 and high load = machine freezes?

Erik Steffl wrote: any ideas on what's going on? login on an xterm from another machine and run top while you try that. recently i upgraded my firewall from a k6-3 400 to a p3-800 and doubled the memory to 512MB. but it was still much slower!! turns out the VIA ide chipset on the p3