On 9/1/06, Tom Bishop <bishoptf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a new MSI K9mgm2 AM2 system that I just built and loaded with FC5 x_64. The problem that I am havin is that the system is writing to the memory like it is disk and the more I do the less I have (I have 2gig). I am running with the latest kernel (2174) and not sure what to look at. I can provide more system details if needed, but am running out of ideas. My main drive is a serial drive and I do have a swap partition but it never uses it, once the memory gets down so far it just locks up. Anyone, anyone have any suggestions/help. Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Hi Tom Bishop! You have some really cool hardware! Let me guess - the drive is SATA (you did say "serial")? I would start by googling your mother board - drive - along with Fedora Core Five 64 doing the normal iterative thing of adding, deleteing, and includeing words you find in the search (or to narrow your search). My silly guess (since others have not responded in so long a time) is that FC5 somehow sees your drive as FLASH (hummm - is it Serial as in USB??). FLASH is written to only when ejected. In the mean time memory and then swap is used to store the "updates" written only upon an "eject" command. Sounds like the "and then swap" think is a bit flakey. But really, if it thinks your drive is FLASH that is the true problem. Good Hunting! Tod
