Re: serial input overrun(s) using ide-cd

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:30:49 +0100 (BST)

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> > > --- certain broken IDE controllers will cause MASSIVE FILESYSTEM DAMAGE
> > > if the stream of data during a programmed i/o data transfer is
> > > interrupted by an interrupt.
>
> Given this, I don't see how you could even boot such a system. This
> simply can't be the problem . PIO is interruptible. It's not very

You turn interrupts off first. Otherwise these boards DO corrupt your
IDE drive and the result is quite provable..

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