[iyonix-support] Re: Freezing whilst copying
- From: Paul Horth <paul.horth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:13:18 +0100
In message <561a963f4e.acld75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
george <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <678e193d4e.paul.horth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Paul Horth <paul.horth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In message <4e3d08c23clists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <6898073d4e.paul.horth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Paul Horth <paul.horth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> I could copy all my files for backup purposes before, but seem unable to
>>>> do so now. The file doesn't seem to matter: I can retry copying the
>>>> single file that caused the freeze when doing a multiple file copy, and
[snip]
> I have tried USB; in fact, that is where my original copying problems
> showed up: when copying large files from a USB camera card reader, the
> Iyo would lock solid after an indeterminate percentage (but never 100)
> of the copying had taken place. I have just copied across approx 400Mb
> of holiday pics (120 in total) from a Boots 512MB CompactFlash card;
> the computer froze after 30, 51, 83 and 110 images. Aemulor Pro had
> been quit (front end and emulator), also NetFetch. No other big apps
> were running. Machine is a year-old X100 with 256MB running 5.09. The
> PSU was replaced free of charge by Castle a couple of months after
> purchase, so is relatively new. Wimpslot is configured to 9600k. I had
> not disabled lazy taskswapping.
[snip]
I haven't tried USB, but an rmkill DMAManager seems to have restored
stability. Is this one of the symptoms that the hardware mod was for?
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