Re: [TCLUG:13992] CDROM Freezing machine (was: [TCLUG:13979] bootup messages)

[Yaron <jethro@yaron.org>]

  Hi,

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> when it has root privileges)  However, I think it is something to do
> with the hard drive and not the CD drive.  For example, if I do a
> mkisofs -- making an image of a CD out of files that are on my HD, the
> system will likely halt.

Well, I've got two hdds, and it happens when writing to either of them - I
thought it wwas the HDD's problem at one time, so I checked. Also, I've
got a SCSI Plextor CD-R on, and it doesn't happen when reading from
THAT. It's also faster than the x40 IDE drive, but Plextor drives have a
problem with unbalanced CDs, and I figured I might as well read from the
regular CDROM and use the CD-R for, well, CD-R.

> have right now.  I actually had to try and format the big drive I have
> (6 Gig) a couple of times before mke2fs would actually finish without
> crashing the system.

That DOES sound like you have a drive problem. I've had a few 4.3 drives,
and now have an 8.4 and a 15gb and none of them had any problems getting
mke2fs'd... in fact, the 8.4 got repartitioned/reformatted about 30 times
in one weekend when I needed examples for a book...

-Yaron

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