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From: PPH93%DMSWWU1A.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Thomas Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: That Crash Thing And Bruce's Speed Enhancing Fix
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Date: 29 Nov 90 12:03:32 GMT
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In article <1990Nov27.215812.10010@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, Wayne Hayes
<wayne@CSRI.TORONTO.EDU> says:
>
>Well, I made the change back to the pre-Bruce's-5-line-fix so that my
>386/33 seems like an XT when running multiple processes.  And it just
>crashed again.  So, I guess it's not Bruce's fault after all.  :-)
>
>Has anyone else had any crashing problems?  I'm not even sure if it's
>disk activity related anymore.  Here is my current system (but the crashes
>happened also when I was in 16-bit mode on my 386):
>
>Even's Minix 386 1.5.10
>Irlam's Virtual Console, 4 consoles
>*no* Estdio (yet)
>Miscellaneous patches indiscriminently added off the Net.
>
>
>Wayne Hayes     INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca        CompuServe: 72401,3525

Well, I'm not sure if you speak of these problems named something like
'timing problem with at_wini and WD1006' RLL disk controller.
If yes:
Yes, I also have problems that the system hangs from time to time, mostly with
the disk light on.
To my experience, it's related to the system speed (crashes are much less likel
y at slower clock speed, they ocurred very often when reading/writing data in
large chunks (I think)).

My Configuration:
IT 386sx motherboard (IT = InformTech), 16 MHz, switchable to 8 MHz.
WD1006SR-2 Controller with 2 Disks (Minixscribe (?) HH1060 and seagate ST???
(62MB)
Bruce's 386 Patches installed, also virtual consoles (2 enabled).
No estdio(yet)
I didnot install any other patches to the system (KERNEL, MM, FS, INIT)
Booting with shoelace.

Thomas Heller
<pph93@dmswwu1a>