Civileme wrote:
>
> I figured I should share this result from the crashtesters.
>
> One of our crashtesters installed Traktopel Beta 2 and was running
> compilation programs.
>
> And his memory was used up... his swap was hit hard... and the system
> informed him it was out of memory and shutting down bash.
>
> Reinstall--same technique, same symptom.
>
> Fortunately the crashtesters have scripts that phone home with configuration
> information.
>
> I spotted a WD and a Maxtor on IDE0 and recommended he separate them--one on
> ide1 and one on ide0. He did this.
>
> Another reinstall -- same technique NO symptom--been reunning well since that
> time.
>
> Timing chatter on the IDE bus Some DVD-ROMs on VIA chipsets can cause
> corruption of install-time data on hard disks past kernel 2.2.15. WD and
> Maxtor of same speed or a slower WD with a fast Maxtor master will just eat
> your data with timing chatter.
>
> And since WD doesn't do the CRCs necessary to check, you can actually boot
> and run on a corrupted system (for a little while, anyway).
>
> Civileme
Well as luck would have it I have a VIA ide controller and a dvd drive
My setup is
ide0 40GB 5400 rpm fujitsu drive (ata 100 running as ata33)
3GB seagate medalist (slave)
ide1 2GB WD Caviar (master)
Aopen DVD rom Drive 12x
What can I do to cure my problem?
Stefaans
