Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.23.1 Freezes on GB data transfers

[Mark Lord]

Ray Lee wrote:
> On 10/17/07, Giangiacomo Mariotti <gg.mariotti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Linux Kernel 2.6.23.1 freezes on GB data transfers.
> >
> > Pc completely freezed while transferring 4Gb of data from
> > dvd(/dev/hdc) to hd(nothing else was happening, cpu general usage at
> > 5-6%).Except for this,it has been working flawlessly for 1 day,but
> > when I tried to transfer 4Gb of data from the dvd to the hd,after
> > having completed 60% of the transfer, the system became completely
> > freezed,no keyboard,no mouse,no consoles,nothing, and the Caps Lock
> > LED started to blink.
>
> The blinking Caps lock LED means that your system is Oopsing. Please
> try your test again from a console (not from X), and see if an oops
> message is printed out. If it is, you'll need to either copy it down
> or take a photograph of it with a digital camera, then post the text
> of it or post a link to the image.


I believe this is now the forth report of blinking-leds lockup with 2.6.23.1.

I wonder what's causing it?
My system has this as well, totally random, once every day or so.
New behaviour since 2.6.23-rc9 (I posted previously about this).

Cheers
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