hi there everyone,
i just got a 20GB disk and installed redhat 7.2 with ext3 fs on one of the extended partitions.
but this system is giving me major problems because it HANGS for unknown reasons.
basically disk drive activity stops
eg 1. during sndconfig 2. during moving thorugh desktop
what i mean is that it happens on random
have anyone seen such a problem b4 ? is this a problem with ext3 ?????
thanks a lot! for reading
-rahul
On Aug 6, 2002 at 03:04, Rahul Saxena wrote:
basically disk drive activity stops
The drive stops spinning? Or is it only the head assembly noise that stops? (Whine v/s whirr)
is this a problem with ext3 ?????
I have had no ext3fs problems so far.
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 03:04:56 +0530 Rahul Saxena rahul.saxena@softhome.net wrote:
I can't offer much insight but HTH.
i just got a 20GB disk and installed redhat 7.2 with ext3 fs on one of the extended partitions.
Do you have a primary partition for swap space? I don't know about the latest releases but 6.0 couldn't use extended partitions for swapping. I've been using only primary swaps since.
Once I had specified more VRAM than I had and that too caused hang-ups, so another thing to look at.
is this a problem with ext3 ?????
Ext3 has been working marvellously for me since 7.2 appeared and has survived a handful of outages. I've got two machines with uptimes between 30 - 45 days.
On Wednesday 07 August 2002 14:08, you wrote:
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 03:04:56 +0530 Rahul Saxena rahul.saxena@softhome.net wrote:
I can't offer much insight but HTH.
i just got a 20GB disk and installed redhat 7.2 with ext3 fs on one of the extended partitions.
Do you have a primary partition for swap space? I don't know about the latest releases but 6.0 couldn't use extended partitions for swapping.
yes actually, but since then i have reinstalled on the primary partition.
I've been using only primary swaps since.
Once I had specified more VRAM than I had and that too caused hang-ups, so another thing to look at.
is this a problem with ext3 ?????
Ext3 has been working marvellously for me since 7.2 appeared and has survived a handful of outages. I've got two machines with uptimes between 30 - 45 days.
i think the problem was with linux trying to use dma on the harddisk. My earlier installation didnt use dma because it wasnt working with the previous harddisk. this one again works, but hangs frequently. sorry i hadnt checked the logs before it reported dma errors. i think its some problem with my VIA motherboard!
anyway works fne without dma.
-rahul
On Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:08 PM "Tahir Hashmi" code_martial@softhome.net wrote,
Do you have a primary partition for swap space? I don't know about the latest releases but 6.0 couldn't use extended partitions for swapping. I've been using only primary swaps since.
You can use extended partition for swap. This is from my experience, b'coz I'm having RH7.1, the whole linux is installed in the extended partition & nothing in the primary partition. Not even /boot
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