From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: cp from SATA to SCSI freeze Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:36:11 -0400 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <417C90CB.6070909@pobox.com> References: <1098612795.11032.20.camel@tycho.astronomy.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:7298 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261427AbUJYFg0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:36:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1098612795.11032.20.camel@tycho.astronomy.dk> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Bjarne Thomsen Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Bjarne Thomsen wrote: > When I copy a directory containing about 6Gb of files > from a SATA disk to my SCSI system disk the system freezes > so I have to press the reset button. This happens with > cp -r, but is does not happen with mv. cp -r works fine > from the SCSI to the SATA disk. The problem reproduces > every time I try to cp from SATA to SCSI. > > Is this a known issue? > > OS: Mandrake 2.6.8.1-12.5mdksmp x86_64 2 AMD Opteron(tm) Processors > MB: Tyan S2885 Thunder K8W Have the latest BIOS? BIOS update seems to fix most of the system freeze issues, and replacing cables / power often fixes the rest. Tried booting with "noapic" or "pci=biosirq" or "acpi=off" or "pci=noacpi"? Jeff