Re: tracing a kernel lock up
Guillaume Marceau <gmarceau@cim.mcgill.ca> writes:
> This failure mode is not observed under Windows, ruling out a
> hardware problem.
You can't say that. Linux stresses the hardware much more than
Windows. So, Windows can be "stable" while Linux is crashing all the
time...
> My uninformed guess blames the udam66 adapter driver. What kind of
> tools are available to confirm my suspision? What would you do?
Hmm, this is the controller your hd is on, right? I guess, the crash
should be quiet easily reproducible, if it's the driver's fault, with
"Bonnie" - a benchmark tool, which stresses the hd a lot.
Do you get a see something useful in your logs? Is there a kernel
panic?
Checking the hardware would be a good idea. For example, running
memtest86 to check the core...
hth,
moritz
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