[huskerlug] Re: DMA errors (blush, blush)
- From: "Jim Worrest" <jworrest@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:28:04 +0000
GreyGeek wrote:
> On Saturday 10 January 2004 09:59 am, you wrote:
>
>>GreyGeek wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed my box began experiencing long hda access times. =3D20
>>>In checking the kernel error log I found the following entries:
>>>
>>>kernel: hda: error waiting for DMA
>>>=3D2E..
>>>kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA (twice)
>>>=3D2E.
>>>kernel: *pde =3D3D 00000000
>>>kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
>>>address=3D =3D20
>>>00000098
>>>=3D2E..
>>>The last pair repeated was many times and corresponds to my attempts to
>>>bac=3D kup=3D20
>>>some directories to CDROM. I tried at 4X and at 1X but both failed
>>>with=3D20 underruns due to slow hda access times.
>>>
>>>
>>>It looks like my hda is going south.... but its affecting the speed of=
>
> =3D20
>
>>>everything. Its worse than trying to do GUI through a 56K modem...
>>>Anyone have an alternative opinion?
>>>
>>>
>>>=3D2D-
>>>GreyGeek
>>>
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>> If you think your CDROM is going bad, don't hesitate remove it! I had
>>a Phillips CD R/W in a computer and it blew out my Int5 line! Things
>>just don't work quite right without that even with Linux, and of course
>>Windows 9X doesn't work at all.
>> I have to get around to putting a replacement motherboard in for the
>>one that got zapped. ---Jim
>
>
> Not my CDROM, my primary IDE0 harddrive. My CDROM works fine. My root and=
> =20
> /home are on hda1 but /usr is on hdc5. I copied the files I wanted to back=
> =20
> up to /usr/local/backup20040110 and then let k3b back it up. It did not=20
> undeflow this time and the backup was good. I think I'll make by IDE1 hd m=
> y=20
> IDE0 hd and reinstall mdk 9.2
> =2D-
> GreyGeek
>
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Yeah, I should have looked at it more closely. I've played around with
Linux long enough to recognized the difference between ide, scsi, and
cd-roms, usually, anyway. ---Jim
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