Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:06:27 +0000 From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> To: phm@tpgnet.net Cc: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@sources.org>, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File corruption: how to find the guilty? Message-ID: <367812C3.13BADD3B@redhat.com> References: <199812161347.OAA02367@ludwigV.sources.org> <3677BCBE.46D77E3B@redhat.com> <3677E7B2.21E96568@tpgnet.net>
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"Ph. MICHEL" wrote:
> I think I had a similar problem on my old machine and a CD-Rom drive, which brings
> me constantly some errors and corrupted files. As a changed the main board and the
> RAM, the CD-Rom runs correctly. So it is probably a material problem, but not
> necessary the mainboard or CPU or RAM, because the same CD-Rom and the same old
> board with the same old RAM worked perfectly together, if I use an 1505 instead of
> a 2940.
Irrelevant. When you change the controller from a 2940 to a 1505, you slow
down the controller to host memory DMA speeds. You might as well be putting
in a slower CPU or something else that would not stress the RAM nearly so
hard.
> I would propose to install and test some newer driver (actual 5.1.6).
>
> --
> Philippe MICHEL
> - phm@tpgnet.net
> - himmelsbach@baden-online.de
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Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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they should be everybody's.
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