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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ESIX File System Selection
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.143542.19808@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 24 Jan 91 14:35:42 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.033437.152@cocktrice.uucp>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Limited
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mdm@cocktrice.uucp (Mike Mitchell) writes:

>I am having unexplaned system crashes where the machine will hang
>while unattended. I am running ESIX 3.2 Rev D and leave the machine
>on 100% of the time. I will return after a leaving the machine
>for a few hours, and it will be hung. The drive light is on indicating
>that some sort of disk activity was happening on or about the time
>of the system crash.

what type of controller?  I did have this problem on
one of our machines last year (running 386/ix) with
a WD 1006-SRV2 (1:1 16 bit RLL controller) and replacing
the controller (actually returning it as DOA) solved
the problem..

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