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From: sos@login.dkuug.dk (S|ren Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: wd0 problems - NetBSD 0.9
Date: 1 Feb 94 07:18:18 GMT
Organization: DKnet
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Message-ID: <sos.760087098@login.dkuug.dk>
References: <2ijovu$4ci@hq.hq.af.mil>
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admin2@gad3b2.hq.af.mil (SrA Bob Huffman;57137) writes:
>I remember awhile back a discussion about winchester drives hanging/locking
>up during moderate-heavy disk usage. It was noted that the wd0 controller
>driver was messed up, and I think would be fixed.
>What was the final answer to the problem? My computer has crashed at least
>15 times, and If I can't get it to work this time, I will try LINUX. I
>remember someone using a cron to somehow wake-up the wd drive after it was
>hung, but I believe they had a problem with the cron possibly overwriting
>other files.
Actually it was a timeout function added to the wd.c driver.
I posted a patch on this group and it is now in NetBSD-current.
You can try the new driver and see if it helps you.
>Please either post to this grour or EMail me at the below address.
>Thanks,
>Bob
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Soeren Schmidt
sos@login.dkuug.dk