On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:57:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Possibly what is happening is that the /tmp partition lies on > a part of the disk which has a higher platter transfer speed > and this higher speed is causing retries or other problems > further down the chain. > > You could have a fiddle with hdparm, try slowing down the > interface speed. Try a different set of cables, too. Just tried with dma disabled, same problem. I'm gonna try another IDE controller and see if it still happens. -- L1: khromy ;khromy(at)lnuxlab.ath.cx