Re: 2.2.0p3 Kernel Bug ( DMA for IDE )

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:29:27 +0000 (GMT)


> I was using 2.2.0pre3 and it had DMA on for IDE, and my disk had serveral
> failures because of this... it whined, corrupted data, and accessed
> really slow. I'm compiling w/o DMA for 2.2.0pre4, as I write this.
>
> I lost data and damaged some libs, this bug like sucks. I started using 2.0.36
> agian with PIO and it worked fine. I included my HD info in the attachment,

Ok questions:

1. What motherboard
2. What chipset is it
3. What bus speed are you running

Alan

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