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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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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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