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Subject: Re: 2.6.16.1 & D state processes
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 15:07 +1000, Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:
> io scheduler noop registered
> io scheduler anticipatory registered
> io scheduler deadline registered
> io scheduler cfq registered (default)
...
> And oh, eventually machine recovers (minutes
> sometimes, hours other times), & it runs as if nothing
> happend, as long as you're not quick to power button.
> Sure, you can't login, or you can't execute commands,
> if you managed to login etc. But patience does bring
> the machine back every time :-).

Hmm.  Recovers [odd] but takes long time [odder].  I'd try to eliminate
io scheduler at this point.

	-Mike