Re: [MiNT] Crash and endless scrolling at boot

[Jean-Luc CECCOLI <Jean-Luc.Ceccoli@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:07:12 , "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
>
> Am 17.03.2010, 18:29 Uhr, schrieb Jean-Luc CECCOLI
> <Jean-Luc.Ceccoli@wanadoo.fr>:
>
> > It's the first time I can read this.
> > I encounter at least a crash per day, most currently when booting,
>
> Always with this message?

No. This is the first time I can read this.
>
> > as I'm to select the boot config, sometimes when xaaes is to be
>
> You mean the MiNT-config-menu?

No, I mean when selecting the boot config with menu_6.
>
> > launched, and from time to time as I'm running the mailer or news
> > reader.
> > In all cases, all I can do is push the reset button.
> > But there, yes, it's the very first time I can see this one.
>
> What do you see in other cases?

White screen with or without garbage, it depends...
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> > I'm running MiNT 1-17 (Mint060, 2153106 bytes) along with xaaes
> > 0.999 alpha (yours, if I'm not wrong).
>
> 0.999 is always mine, but that's for sure not the cause.
>
> > sleeping in bio_unit_wait
>
> This has something to do with the cache, the data is not yet
> read/written but new has arrived and the read/write does not return as
> what I understand from a first glance.
>
> Maybe you lower your speed or get a faster disk and try again.
>
> Or play with cache-sizes, or disable cache.
>
> May also be a BUS-issue.
>
> But that's just guessing ..
>
Well, I changed my disk 3 times, but all 3 ones are the same
kind : Maxtor 2B020H1.

Thanks for the tips,

J.-Luc