From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] file server page faulting Message-ID: <20020916153000.GB8246@thefrayedknot.armory.com> References: <20020914020958.GA3290@thefrayedknot.armory.com> <3D82C7FB.6C1145B6@null.net> <3D85F52F.9040309@nas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D85F52F.9040309@nas.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:30:00 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ec30f718-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:13:51AM -0700, Jack Johnson wrote: > Douglas A. Gwyn wrote: > >like this, but others are fine. I'm using an old ASUS SC200 and a > >cheaper, newer generic 810-based PCI controller on my Pentium IIIs > >under several different OSes. > > Could you tell us which card that is? symbios 53c810ae it doesnt matter though since the problem was actually a bad nic (i hope i hope i hope!)and I believe i was getting the same problems with ide disks (which is what im using in my 'new' file server). > I'm always on the lookout for cheaper. ;) > cheaper gave me a motherboard with onboard sound and ethernet neither of which i can use because certain sequences of DMA accesses will lock the the motherboard. the only kind of cheap hardware i get now is of the older and free variety.