From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:24:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:24:20 -0500 Received: from [195.163.186.27] ([195.163.186.27]:11470 "EHLO zmailer.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 17:24:09 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 00:23:53 +0200 From: Matti Aarnio To: Anthony Campbell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Repeated lockups caused by ext3? Message-ID: <20020202002353.N5808@mea-ext.zmailer.org> In-Reply-To: <20020201162055.GA1318@debian.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020201162055.GA1318@debian.local>; from ac@acampbell.org.uk on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:20:55PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:20:55PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > For the past couple of months I have been getting repeated lockups using > 2.4 kernels; 2.4.17 at present. They always occur when I'm on line and > downloading, never at other times, and never on kernel 2.2.20. No > particular process seems to cause it. When it happens, all keys are > inoperative, the modem stops working, and the hard disk light is > permanently on. > > They never occur on my laptop, using kernel 2.4.17. > > They began to occur at about 2.4.10. I kept attributing them to VM > issues and fiddled with all sorts of things in the BIOS, without > result. > > However, I've now found that they don't occur if I don't use ext3. This > therefore seems to be the answer in my case. Is this a known issue, and > is there any way of getting ext3 to work? > > For the record: Processor is Intel Coppermine 600Mhz; 192M memory. > Not using hdparm. Oh dear.. uniprocessor ? I get SMP machine to hang when writing 1+ GB file to EXT3 on RAID-1, and having more than 512 MB memory... > Anthony > -- > Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) > For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical > essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ /Matti Aarnio