[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam C Powell IV) writes: > William T Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > > > I get this all the time when I try to access a drive that is in sleep > > > > > > mode. It takes it a minute or two and then it comes back to life and > > > > > > works normally. I have an old '96 era Intel Triton motherboard. > > > > > > Okay, but why would my drives be sleeping? This happens during the > > > first disk access after a net access, could the net driver be putting > > > the drives to sleep? And why does resetting the IDE interfaces kill > > > my networking ability? > > > > They probably aren't, but based on what you have to say here, I'd check > > and make sure that your network card isn't sharing an interrupt with your > > > > ide interface. > > Ahem, from the original post: > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > Greetings, > > [snip] > > There shouldn't be an IRQ conflict, because the net cards are on IRQs 10 > > and 5, and the ide0 and ide1 are at 14 and 15 respectively. I tried > > network stop; ifconfig eth0 down; rmmod 3c59x; modprobe 3c59x; network > > start but the network is still dead. It remains dead until I do a full > > halt and power down, after which it comes back- until the next disk > > access. > > Other ideas?
Could be ioport conflict. I've seen times when boot-up messages were incorrect on IRQ settings. So it is wise to look around in "/proc" to verify everything. -- *********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ --
