Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 14:36:52 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rdm@ic.net Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: system crash - help! Message-ID: <199510062136.OAA02193@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199510061626.MAA00316@port27.hubbard2.t.ic.net> from "Rob Misiak" at Oct 6, 95 12:26:06 pm
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> > This is interesting, yet impossible. 8-).
> >
> > Are you perchance running an RZ1000 based IDE controller?
> >
>
> Err, I have absolutely no idea. :-) The controller (IDE) was a very inexpensive
> one that I picked up from a local computer store when I was having problems
> with my old one. I checked the documentation, and it didn't mention anything
> like 'RZ1000' anywhere, so I suppose not. It's a basic ISA IDE controller
> ("Acculogic sIDE-3", if that helps any).
Check the chip. If you take an interrupt during a data transfer on an
RZ1000, it will silently corrupt your data.
About 1/3 of all IDE controllers use RZ1000's.
You guys should get out morei: comp.sys.intel. 8-)
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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