On older Asus Dual boards you needed to disable MPS 1.4 in the BIOS otherwise you would get lock ups. I haven't tested this on the newer boards but it might be worth trying. Also make sure the PSU has enough power, a 300watt should be enough for the second machine. Finally are you using ECC memory?
At 19:23 31/01/2002 +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote: >Hi! > >Imagine the following configurations: > >machine1: > - 2 x Pentium III 800MHz > - CUV266-D Asus motherboard (VIA VT8633/8233) > - 1 GB DDR RAM > - SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7892A > - 2 x IBM HDs (Model: DDYS-T09170N) > >machine2: > - the same CPUs, motherboard and RAM as in machine1 > - FUJITSU MPF3153AH, ATA DISK drive > > >Both machine1 and machine2 run Linux 2.4.17 SMP > >machine1 runs Debian potato + Adrian Bunk's packages needed to run >2.4.x kernel + a bit patched version of qmail > >machine2 runs Debian woody + the same version of qmail > > > >machine2 runs well (we did some stress tests like injecting a few >thousand of messages into qmail and compiling the kernel with -j 2) > >As for machine1, it boots nicely, switches into runlevel 2 and then, >about 4 or five seconds after qmail starts - freezes completly (not even >keyboard LEDs blink). > >This is the weirdest thing about that. We started it in single user mode, >it fsckd all filesystems, we deleted all links in /etc/rc2.d, removed >/etc/nologin*, proceeded to runlevel 2 and then manually started the >services one-by-one, waiting a minute or so after each one started to >check if the machine is still responsive. And again it freezed >a few seconds after starting qmail (while the disks were still churning as it >processed its queue). > >The SCSI controller and disks _are_ ok, since it has ran flawlessly on a >non-SMP system for some year or so (and actually still runs as I type >these words). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
