On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:38:07 -0800, Jon Savage <jonathansavage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Now if only I can figure out how to get back to a working system with > > something other than Fedora Core 3. > as/if applicable of course. IMHO if there were a distinct trend > towards the issues you are seeing this list would be *full* of > 'mysystem'sgonetohell(tm)" and is slower than snot since I installed > FC3... I may be missing something but don't think I've seen that on > this list since FC3's release. Other issues sure- this one not much. I'm running unusual hardware (dual processor Athlon MP1800+, Tyan motherboard) and running a lot of services (inn, postfix, mailman, http, postgres, MovableType, mod_perl, etc). I doubt very many have the same setup. One interesting thing - somebody on Slashdot told me that there is a problem with HAL and udev if you have a CD-ROM and a hard drive on the same controller - HAL polls the CD-ROM and while it's timing out, the hard drive doesn't respond to requests, which causes the sort of errors I saw. The file Documentation/ide.txt in the 2.4 kernel distinctly recommends that you put your two hard drives on separate IDE controllers, and put your CD-ROM as a slave on the same controller as one of your hard drives, which is how I've always done it. However, the same file in the 2.6 kernel suggests not mixing device types on the same controller. I think I'm going to have to buy another IDE controller and see if I have better luck with the CD-ROM on hde. -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Teddy Roosevelt
