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Re: Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar



On Tue,  5 Oct 2004 13:31:17 +0200, Cristian Livadaru <drac3@vwclub.ro> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD which
> are mirroerd.
> Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o module to the kernel and I
> thought that everyithing works fine, well actualz it does work perfect till I
> start a tar.
> After a short while the system just hangs and I have to reboot it.
> Is there a problem with the Driver that's in the kernel ? alas adaptec has no
> software for debian, just redhat and suse. I could use alien to install the rpm
> packages but I'm not sure if this will work or solve my problem.
> Should I try kernel 2.6 ?
> 

I don't know what kind of kernel is 2.4.22-ow1, but i'll suggest you
to try with one of the latest 2.4.x series (2.4.27 IIRC) instead of
trying 2.6.x.

There are strange error messages on syslog?


Andrea



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