From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 8 10:17:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B1737B41B for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:17:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-305.wobline.de [212.68.71.26]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id g08IHiM05211 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:17:44 +0100 Received: from tisys.org (poison.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.5]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g08IIcX44511 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:18:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by tisys.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g08II0w01182 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:18:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:18:00 +0100 From: Nils Holland To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: IDE Prefetch Mode... (was: VIA crashes) Message-ID: <20020108191800.A1154@tisys.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD poison.ncptiddische.net 4.5-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-Machine-Uptime: 7:16PM up 44 mins, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It currently seems that the "IDE Prefetch Mode" option in my BIOS was causing my crashes reported earlier today. When I disable it (and enable softupdates, which I previously suspected as causing trouble), I can do what I want to do without any problems. If anyone's had any similar negative experiences with the IDE Prefetch option, I'd be glad to hear about it. In the meantime, I will let this option turned off and see how the system behaves duing normal usage. If no more problems occur, this option will remain disabled - I may lose a little performance this way, but a system with slighly less performance is still better than a constantly crashing system. Not to mention that I didn't notice much of a speed difference when disabling this option anyway... Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message