[GLLUG] system halt on file transer

[Dylan Misenheimer]

ahhh, that makes sense.  i haven't had any problems cp or mv 'ing files to
different partitions, or even diff drive altogether, and we're talking some
big files (in the proccess of ripping all my DVDs).  using a tyan tiger MPX
mobo, can't find the actual IDE controller specs, looks pretty generic with
AMD-762 north bridge & AMD-768 south bridge.  now the NIC i'm using is getting
pretty suspect.  i got a 64bit Gig over copper NIC (using the realtek 8139
chip), which may be the root of my problems.  the kernel module that came with
it never really loaded properly, but the 2.4.21 kernel supports that chip now.
 although, as soon as i started using that NIC, i couldn't really FTP into my
box anymore.  err, i could using a real FTP client, but dos ftp, or using a
browser to FTP wouldn't let me list the directories.  so i will switch back to
my 3com NIC, cross my fingers, and post with any more problems :)

thanks for the help
dylan

Benjamin Minshall <minshal1 at msu.edu> said:

> Dylan-
> 
> I had a very similar problem when I was using a Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE 
> controller; file listing, mkdir, cd, chown all seemed to work fine, but 
> when I did a cp or other massive data transfer, the server locked up. 
> Turns out that controller wasn't "quite" supported in the kernel and 
> crashed spuriously.  That particular one has since been fixed, however 
> my point is that you may have some hardware that is spuriously 
> supported.  What models/brands of drive controller and ethernet card do 
> you have?  Anything "cutting edge"?
> 
> What type of client are you using for the file transfers?
> 
> Although unlikely the problem, could you post your smb.conf file here?
> 
> -Ben
> 
> Dylan Misenheimer wrote:
> > so far, both in samba, and ftp, i am able to list and cd to my heart's
> > content. but as soon as i try to grab a file, the system locks up (hardcore,
> > windows-style)  need to actually cut the power to restart it.  all started
> > happening after i got samba up and running (sort of)  was able to pull files
> > the day i got it set up, today i rebooted and this problem presented itself. 
> > dont' have any problems w/ssh, swat, or VNC.  any ideas?
> > 
> > specs:
> > slackware 8.1, kernel 2.4.21.  haven't touched hdparm, ftp settings, my samba
> > settings are a little sloppy (configured by brute force and blind setting
> > changes ;) and i believe i'm running samba 2.2.4
> > 
> > thanks
> > dylan
> > 
> 
> 
> 



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