Whoops. I mean, a little back in the OTHER thread where this is being discussed. Sorry. On 4/2/08, Dustin Howett <alaricx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > > - DH > -- - DH