On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 13:43, Dave Page wrote:
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> Just thought I'd point you to Dell's forums.
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> http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=pes_linux&page=1
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> wherein you'll find plenty of folks who have problems with
> freezing RAID
> controllers with 28xx and 18xx machines.
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> <shrug>Never had any such problems in the dozen or so machines we run
> (about a 50-50 split of Linux to Windows).
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> Regards, Dave
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Yeah, We've got a mix of 2650 and 2850s, and our 2850s have been rock
solid stable, unlike the 2650s. I was actually kinda surprised to see
how many people have problems with the 2850s.
Apparently, the 2850 mobos have a built in RAID that's pretty stable
(it's got a PERC number I can't remembeR), but ordering them with an add
on Perc RAID controller appears to make them somewhat unstable as well.
On recommendation I've seen repeatedly is to use the --noapic option at
boot time.
Just FYI