abc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Alan B. Clegg) (06/18/87)
Ok, I know that this was probably discussed before, or it only happens to me, BUT.. I have installed the patches posted earlier to allow me to boot from one floppy which mounts root from the hard-disk and installs a small ramdisk for /tmp. Anyway, the system crashes EVERY time I try to copy a file to the harddisk that is larger than about 25k but from certain devices.. DOSREAD -> Harddisk = Failure (file > 25k) /tmp (ramdisk) -> Harddisk = Failure (file > 25k) BUT Mounted floppy file system -> Harddisk = Success (file > 25k) DOSREAD -> Floppy = Success (file > 25k) DOSREAD -> /tmp (ramdisk) = Success (file > 25k) The crash is usually quite messy, including writing bad I-Nodes to the hard disk, and locking the system up in such a way that CTL-ALT-DEL does not do ANYTHING. Garbage is produced on the screen, or a repeating 'trap < 16' message is produced. If this has already been discussed, would somebody PLEASE send me hints/patches or info? Thanks, -abc -- Alan B. Clegg | NCSU Comp Center | abc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu