I would say that the problem is not with RedHat9 or whatever, but with the 2.4.* kernel.
Since there are few of us having this problem, I think it is worth sharing the experience and maybe finding a solution. Most likely, many tried also other discussion lists.
Currently I'm running extensive tests on a machine with 8 IDE HDDs. I changed cables from the flat 80 wires to the round ones (I don't know the name for those) and forced udma2 on all HDDs.
While before I was getting errors mostly on the HDDs using udma5, now only one HDD produced some errors. Noticeable is that this particular HDD is the closest one to the power source.
I guess the problem is somehow electrical (electromagnetic interference???), but likely solvable by the driver.
Next week I plan to build a machine similar with this one, but this time using SATA HDDs. I'm curious if there will be any more errors.
I would like to thank Thierry for keeping this thread alive.
-iulian
Ed Wilts wrote:
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 11:32:45AM +0000, Thierry ITTY wrote:
this continues discussions about bad disk blocks not really bad and redhat 9 dying randomly
You do realize that Red Hat Linux 9 is no longer supported, right?
we really need help to investigate this problem which causes io errors and fs corruption !
You may want to consider migrating to either Fedora or RHEL to get
better support. RHEL, of course, would be ideal, but it's not free.
You can get into an Enterprise offering for about $85 or so with Red Hat
Professional Workstation.
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