Hello, There was a thread back in Feb: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/02/msg00129.html regrading a total system freeze while copying files. I have the same problem. Cannot ssh in, no response at all from the keyboard and I must reboot via the power button. The two computers in question are a PPC Oopen Desktop Workstation and a Linksys NSLU2. Both have debian sid installed.
hdparm for the PPC. /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) IO_support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0 The NSLU2 has a 1 GB usb keychain (sda) which the os is installed on and a 100 GB external USB hard drive (sdb) for data storage. /dev/sda: readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 121/255/63, sectors = 1952767, start = 0 /dev/sdb: readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry = 19457/255/63, sectors = 312581808, start = 0 No matter what I do, the PPC freezes hard if I try to transfer a file larger than 1 GB. The NSLU2 does not freeze. Here are the methods I have tried all of which caused a hard freeze before the file was completely transferred. 1) Mount the partition from the NSLU2 over nfsv4 and cp a file 2) Mount the partition from the NSLU2 over ssh using fuse and cp a file 3) scp the file from PPC to NSLU2 4) scp the file from NSLU2 to PPC 5) wget from the NSLU2 to a file offered up on a webserver located on the PPC. The previous thread noted that DMA should be turned on. Can you do that for a usb external harddrive? And might that be the reason for the hard freeze? Like I said, the NSLU2 does not freeze but the PPC does. Thanks for any advice, Zoho -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
