>The copy proceeded up to about the 43Mbyte point when I noticed the
>machine slowing down significantly. Shortly thereafter the copy
>halted. I was able to switch virtual consoles but that was about it.
>The kernel was 2.0.33 compiled with SMP support. I finally had to hit
>the reset button to get the machine back. I know that this isn't very
>The machine isn't production yet so we could repeat the process
>without damaging anything.
In that case, try repeating the process and get a feel for how
well-reproducable the problem is. Once you're confident it is an error
which occurs often (preferably every time), try applying my patch.
Then rerun the test and see if it makes a difference.
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Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
"I don't object to sex before marriage, but two minutes before?!?"