On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 09:14:56PM -0500, Steve Manuel wrote:
> Has anyone experienced a complete system lockup when running gcombust in dummy
> mode? Here is the background info: I start X as my regular username and then open
> an Xterm and su to root. I then run gcombust. I chose the Redhat 6.2 iso and
> chose the apropriate write speed (it really doesn't matter what speed I
> choose). I check dummy mode and start the burn. After about 150M (it varies
> every time) the system locks up hard. The only way to fix this is to reboot.
> If I do the same thing with the slackware iso I downloaded and I never get this
> problem.
>
> I did check the md5sum to make sure the Redhat iso was not corrupt. It was not.
> Any clues would be helpful. Thanks
If anyone was watching this thread I was able to fix the problem (I hope). What
I didn't specify in my original msg was that I was getting *no* error msgs at
all; either in /var/log/messages or if I redirected stdout & stder to a file.
This lead me to believe it was a IDE Bus problem on my MB; it seemed like the
only possible answer because hardware problems always seem to leave no trace of
themselves (with the possible exception of my lost hair). I made the educated
guess (how familliar does this sound to the list? ;-) ) and flashed the MB
BIOS. Presto! No more lock-ups.
Steve
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