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- From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Admin)
- Subject: Re: Problems, and questions. HELP! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.220039.16827@r-node.gts.org>
- Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
- References: <1hpngqINNlev@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:00:39 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In article <1hpngqINNlev@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ah200@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Randy Beiter) writes:
- >
- >I'm having a couple of rather hindering problems with running linux
- >at the moment, I would greatly apprechiate any help any one can offer with
- >either, thanks!
- >
- >Problem/Question #1:
- >My hard drive is acting wierd, periodically *well, very frequently* it
- >displays this messages, then goes back to what it was doing:
- >
- >HD: write_intr: status = 0xff
- >HD: write_intr: error = 0xff
- >controller_read: status = ff
- >HD-controller reset
- >
- >I have no idea what this means/if I should worry about it or how to correct
- >it.
- >
- Do an fsck/efsck on the drive...there is an option for updating
- your .badblocks file
-
- >Problem #2:
- >gcc/cc does not like my system at all, it absolutely crawls. I tried
- >compiling ps and it took 30-45 minutes to compile. I dunno if this is
- >because of my swap drive, cpu speed, memory, or what. I'm afraid to try
- >to re-compile the kernel :)
- >
- >My setup consists of:
- >386 33mhz
- >2 meg ram
- >30 meg linux partition *50% free*
- >2 meg swap drive *which linux says is 4?*
- >the usual floppy drives, keyboard, ect
- >
- Are you serious?? I have 3meg of memory available, and 4 meg
- of swap space, and when I do anythign with gcc, it even gets into
- at least 1 meg of swap space, as in it is taking over 4 Meg to handle
- system process as well as compiling a program...and you are trying to
- do all that with 4 Meg of virtual memory? (ps. 1 Meg of my memory is
- used for kernel stuff, that is why I only have 3 meg available)
-
- Marc
-
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