Re: Server recommendations?
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:54:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 10:18 -0500, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> >
> > But not the 2.6.18-3 kernel, which, as of yesterday, was still the
> > default kernel for etch. See bug 401006.
>
> OKAY, Hendrik. STOP with the nitpicking. This is a bug that has been
> screwing with Linus hisself for a while, and even in 2.6.20 is NOT
> FIXED.
Ouch.
>
> Please, understand that, *IN GENERAL* the 2.6.18 kernel is a good
> choice.
>
> I have been using 2.6.18 SINCE it entered Sid, I have had zero issues
> with it. Unless people are using specific setups with also using torrent
> software doing HEAVY downloading... using file hashing and mysnc(), they
> are not likely to hammer this bug. *I* have done heavy downloading and
> have gotten into the exact same green-zone for this bug and haven't
> experienced it.
I hit this bug by doing an installation! Nothing more than that. I
can't use the installed system because the file system is already
corrupted by the time I finish installing packages, as documented in bug
reports I have filed. I haven't been using bittorrent or any heavy
downloading *except by using the installer and aptitude to install
packages*.
-- hendrik
>
> You are over reacting. NOTHING is PERFECT. If you don't want to be part
> of the solution and help fix the issue, including adding to bug reports
> or writing patches, testing them etc... STOP CONDEMNING the work.
I have filed bug reports. #405506, specifically addresses the problems
I'm having with this bug. If I could get my installer set up to
use and install 2.6.18-2, I would. (The RC1 doesn't work for me for
other reasons, which I haven't investigated because they seem to be
fixed in later daily builds)
Frankly, this bug scares me. I've backed out of 2.6.18-3 on my
file-server, because I'm afraid. Better the X freeze bug in 2.6.17 than
risk file system damage. I can survive without running an X server on
my server better than I can survive with a corrupt file system.
-- hendrik
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