> > 1) I managed to crash an intel N440BX mobo with an fxp card and the
> > onboard ncr drivers. Lots of network traffic (ping floods) and disk IO
> > (rawio in parallel on two disks) took it down in something like two
> > hours. I know this is a known bug, I'm just offering core dumps and
> > testing services in fixing it if anyone wants to take a stab at it.
>
> DG has looked at this extensively and the current feeling is that this is
> a hardware bug. Using the sym driver instead of the ncr driver
> apparently helps somewhat, but the problem still happens. The generally
> recommended option is to buy an Adaptec SCSI controller and use that
> instead of the on-board SCSI. That works flawlessly.
I can confirm that the sym driver has cured all such problems for us.
Not a single crash after switching to the sym driver.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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