Re: [MiNT] system freezes while cvs checkout

["Petr B. Svoboda" <Petr.B.Svoboda@unilever.com>]

Hi,

Ingo Schmidt wrote:
> 
> I do have a very annoying problem:
> 
> I wanted to checkout the latest freemint sources. I used my Milan to
> do this. It has a rtl8139 ethernet card and I use Odd's latest driver.
> 
> The first few files always get transferred properly but then suddenly
> the system freezes totally. Nothing I can do except hit the reset
> button.
> The same thing happens if I transfer huge (many MBs) files via ftp.
> After a while the system simply freezes.
> 
> Has anyone else got a problem like this? Is that a driver problem?
> 
> In the meantime I use the latest kernel and inet4.xdd and such (cross
> compiled). It still happens. Anyone using Odd's driver on a Milan?

Do you save the CVS files and FTP transfers to IDE or SCSI drive ?
I use Milan with rtl8139 netcard too. I encountered same problem when
transfering large files ( > 8MB ) via FTP to SCSI(!) drive. Then the
system totaly freezes. Maybe there could be problem in SCSI card driver
.... ?

                       Bye P.B.S
 
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