The problem it turns out was a failing CPU, which got worse but is now better.
// George
On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:25:13AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Haven't posted or been around in a while so I hope this isn't a rehash.
>I didn't find anything in a quick goggle search...
>
>I'm having trouble writing CDs. I'll get from 0% to 75% (varies)
>through the process and the whole machine locks up, no oops and nothing
>in the log after a restart.
>
>I've been running a 2.2.19-6.2.12 kernel (RH 6.2 updated rpm). And today
>I tried using a monolithic vmlinuz-2.2.20 with identical results.
>
>Here is a typical record command, I've tried it at 2, 4 and 8 speed.
>
>cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,3,0 -data ~ftp/pub/ISOs/enigma-i386-disc1.iso
>
>I'm running an AMD Athlon Processor at 1200MHz on a Soyo SY-K7VTA PRO
>board with lots of ram and no other responsibilities.
>
>below is the scsi details, has anyone heard of similar problems?
>
>Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
> Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW8424S Rev: 1.0j
> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>
>***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.1.15 of 17 August 1998 *****
>Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
>Configuring BusLogic Model BT-930 PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter
> Firmware Version: 5.02, I/O Address: 0xD800, IRQ Channel: 11/Level
> PCI Bus: 0, Device: 9, Address: 0xD5000000, Host Adapter SCSI ID: 7
> Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled
> Synchronous Negotiation: Fast, Wide Negotiation: Disabled
> Disconnect/Reconnect: Enabled, Tagged Queuing: Enabled
> Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128 segments
> Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth: 3
> Error Recovery Strategy: Default, SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
> SCSI Bus Termination: Enabled, SCAM: Disabled
>*** BusLogic BT-930 Initialized Successfully ***
>
>
>// George
>
>(comments on Soyo SY-K7VTA PRO built in sound are also welcome)
>
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