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> > Looking over the kernel changelogs, it appears that 2.4.8 and on solve |
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> > these known issues (at least there were patches applied, and no new |
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> > patches to fix the previous patches). |
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2.4.8 would be cool if it can be squeezed into rc6 ! |
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Also, is it possible to get support for the Dell aacraid controller patched |
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into the rc 6 kernel ?? The driver patches are available from |
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http://domsch.com/linux/aacraid/ for all kernels up to 2.4.8 I have been |
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unable as yet to do an install from scratch, the best I have been able to do |
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is install Mandrake, and then manually install the sys tarball to a new |
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partition etc. |
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> Note: cvs.gentoo.org has a VIA KT133 (686b) chipset and doesn't have any |
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> ReiserFS corruption problems. So does my development box. cvs.gentoo.org |
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> is using kernel 2.4.4-ac9 and my dev box is using 2.4.6 currently. You |
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may |
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> try turning off DMA to see if that helps. |
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My system is the VIA KT133 686b on a dual processor motherboard, and I had |
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loads of problems until 2.4.6, I currently use a 2.4.7 with alsa, and |
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lm_sensors manually added in. The key for me, was to set the system to |
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MPS1.2, turn off plug and play in the bios, upgrade to bios rev 10 (from |
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asus) and turn off dma on the IDE chipset. I still had some sluggishness |
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issues on IDE io, so I move linux to a couple of 'spare' scsi partitions, |
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where rc5 now SCREAMS. I still boot off the IDE using VIA, and my swap |
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partition is there along with a junk drive and I have had no corruption |
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issues with reiserfs which is the only fs I have been using. |
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Joe |
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