Re: [9fans] file server page faulting

[nigel@9fs.org]

> the hardware is an older pentium (90?) it has 40 mb of ram with integrated
> s3 video and uses a symbios scsi adapter with a 2.5gb hard drive. No
> dump media is attached. The ethernet card is a i82557 mini-nic. I can
> make this happen by usually accessing lots and lotsof data. For example
> if i cat /dev/zero into a file then cat it back out a couple of times
> it usually breaks. I swapped the scsi setup into another system (my
> terminal actually), which does not have an integrated video controller
> and the same type of nic. It had the same problem. The crash is known
> to happen seemingly sporadically also.
>
> is it worth reinstalling onto ide drives? I can backup all my changes
> fairly easily.

It may be. When it breaks, what is the address it happens at?
When you say integrated S3 do you mean in the chip set? Does it used
shared memory?

The possible issues here are

1. the S3 is sharing the memory; there is no allowance for this, and
    when the buffer cache meets the frame buffer horrible things happen

2. which symbios controller? check that the PCI bus specs. match, as
    older symbios controllers don't work on newer PCI busses

If it is the scsi controller, and the bus specs. match, then I get more
interested, having written the symbios driver.