[haiku-development] Re: Haiku page_writer maybe not working (was: Re: Haiku self-hosting.)
- From: "Dustin Howett" <alaricx@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:47:58 -0400
Lupo. Quite a way back (4 posts) stippi clearly outlined what was
wrong and what was needed to fix it.
I imagine that the massive unzipping would have been written
immediately due to memory concerns, like stippi said; but when there's
a lot of free memory, the data is written back VERY slowly. Like
stippi said.
On 4/2/08, Luposian <luposian@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 6:28 PM, Bruno G. Albuquerque wrote:
>
> > Em Ter, Abril 1, 2008 10:21 pm, Urias McCullough escreveu:
> >
> >> To be fair to you - I will personally try your scenario tonight on my
> >> Haiku test machine. I might even go so far as to file a Trac ticket on
> >> your behalf if I see the same behavior and you don't get around to it
> >> first.
> >
> > I did this in this exact minute:
> >
> > 1 - Unzipped the entire Haiku tree inside Haiku.
> > 2 - When it finished, I hit F12.
> > 3 - Rebooted.
> >
> > When I came back, all the files and all the directories in the root dir
> > were there. For obvious reasons I didn't check every single file but
> > as he
> > clains that all files will not be there no matter what, I gues sthis
> > close
> > this case.
> >
> > But, of course, feel free to try it yourself.
>
> GAAAAAARGH!
>
> THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING... TO... JUST... MEEEEEEE!!!!
>
> Ok... you're using *REAL* hardware? NOT running Haiku inside of an
> emulator?
>
> If this is the case, then I want to know what hardware you're using.
> Every piece. I will consider buying it on eBay immediately. Not
> directly from you, obviously. Then what would YOU have? :-D
>
> Hmm... I am using a Via chipset-based motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP
> 2000+. BeOS doesn't like my IDE controller and takes a whopping 5
> minutes 42 seconds to copy a 500Mb folder. With an add-on IDE driver
> from BeBits, it copies that same file in 35 second. So, we know BeOS,
> natively, doesn't like/recognize my IDE controller. It's an UDMA133
> controller, of that I am certain. Could Haiku be having a similar
> issue, expressed in a different way?
>
> I've noticed my copy of Windows XP is getting some glitches and
> whatnot. The C:/ directory has a bunch of "FOUND00x" files, after
> doing a check disk scan. Could my drive be going bad? It's a Maxtor
> 30Gb 7200RPM UDMA133 drive. I've had it several years now. Yet
> Windows XP and BeOS R5 still work fine in it... file copying and all!
>
> Dragging my Haiku drive (Maxtor 30Gb) to my Intel Core2Quad Q6600 rig
> might not prove anything either, if the drive is going south. It
> *would* prove something if it was a controller-based issue, however.
>
> Does anyone have a concrete list of hardware that Haiku supports 100%?
> I need to know brands, model numbers, revisions, size, speed, type,
> etc. The whole kit 'n' kaboodle. Nothing left to chance.
>
> Trust me, I do *NOT* like complaining like this. It is NOT my "supreme
> goal in life" to be a hated PITA to everyone who has worked so hard to
> bring Haiku so far. I would FAR rather be cheering than complaining.
>
> And now that you are claiming you have done EXACTLY what I have asked,
> and your files are still there... it makes me all the more furious! I
> must find out what is wrong and get to the pure, untainted state of
> "Haiku Bliss" that everyone else is in!
>
> Er, except for that annoying 32-bit graphics glitch that... I... won't
> be complaining about. ;-) Er, unless it takes months to resolve. In
> which case, you MIGHT here a little whining from me... once in a
> while... like every day. :-D
>
> Just kidding!
>
> Happy April Fools!
>
> Latre!
>
> Luposian
>
>
>
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- DH
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