[comp.os.minix] Flaky Zenith AT hard disk

vizard@dartvax.UUCP (04/30/87)

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	I've been using minix on my Zenith AT for about two weeks now
with out problems, until two days ago. The system locks up every once
in awhile, with the WINCH task waiting for the HARDWARE task to send a
message. I've run the minix test set, and it fails occasionally, and never
in the same place. It even seems to fail while loading some of the programs.
I can also induce the errors by hitting the <f1> key enough during a
program that read/writes the disk. Hence, my guess is that somehow the
hardware is missing the disk interupts. Any ideas/info?

	Second, has anyone been able to get a copy of 'fsck' to run
under minix?

	Todd Krein
	vizard@dartvax