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Quantom 2.5G Hard-Disk problem.



Hi,

I have a disk problem, which cause the machine to halt (It sometimes
happand few minutes after I start Linux).

I used to think it is the kernel (2.0.18), but it was upgraded since
(2.0.27) and the problem is still there.

I would like to ask if anyone has the same disk as mine and weather
the same problem was experienced.

More info
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- P/133, soyo HX (Triton III) mother board with a Quantum IDE 2.5G hard disk.

- It is definitly hardware problem, because after hardware reset, a disk
  failure error (20) is reported. Only turning off, than on again, makes the
  disk operational. I suspect the disk than the motherboard's (soyo hx) chipsets
  or settings and last the on-board IDE controller.

- It happands only under Linux, which let me believe, it uses some advanced
  feature of the disk, not used by Windogs. This puts the disk in a certain
  state, which is not reset due to a bug.

- The error has something to do with the swap space. The error can occur when
  running any program. In some, I get a more detailed error, which point to
  the swap.

Thanks,
Shlomo.


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