[ltp] Re: SuSE 9.1 on Thinkpad, cont'd.

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 08:58:46PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 sltp@rhythm.cx wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 12:44:46AM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> > > After futzing with the kernel compilation (2.6.7) on my T40 a bit, 
> > 
> > I was just wondering, did building your own 2.6.7 kernel for your T40 fix
> > the problems you were having with the hard disk I/O errors? 
> 
> No, the HD I/O errors were because the partition table was malformed, in
> order to hide the pre-desktop area.  I eliminated the errors by having the
> last primary partition (hda4) end early (where it should, according to the
> partition table).  The unmodified (from kernel.org) kernels couldn't deal
> with an "invalid" partition, while SuSE's kernel (and installer) had no
> problem with it.  

Ok, I think we're having totally different problems then. I disabled that
recovery/pre-desktop area on the hard disk on mine.

> > And these things only happen in linux and only when running on
> > battery power and only when the drive is spun down and is about to be spun
> > back up. So far none of these issues caused permanent filesystem damage.
> 
> Hmm, is reiserfs built into the kernel or modularized?  Maybe you should 
> try a different filesystem.

It is a module. I really wanted to use XFS on my system, but SuSE's
installer kept segfaulting when I tried to install the system that way.
Reiser was my second choice.

Thanks anyway