Re: poul: sorry, was: Re: still: Re: gbde data corruption?

In message <20030501105847.O32907_at_daneel.foundation.hs>, Heiko Schaefer writes:
>Hi Poul,
>
>sorry for all the fuss, you can now reattach your pulled-out hair.
>and i need to find someone or something new to blame this issue on...

Phew...  (:->

>i have just reproduced the data-corruption on non-gbde filesystems (what
>a way to start a day). so gbde is very very likely not to blame for any of
>the stuff that i've been complaining about (apart from the slowness
>while writing to disc, which will bugs me again after i've sorted out
>the corruption :) i'll get back to you in a few weeks *g*).
>
>now i have the questionable pleasure to rule out pieces of hardware as
>suspects, i guess. damn. sometimes cheap pc hardware really sucks. even
>though i don't think it's clear if this is a hardware or a software issue.
>
>if anyone has suggestions on how to rule out specific causes or what
>pieces of hard- and software are particularly suspect, i'd be glad to hear
>about it. first of all i am planning to rule out the sis nic in the server
>(onboard nics have always been suspect to me)

I would suggest trying to rule networking out first: try to do the
copies locally.

>sorry again, poul for blaming this on you right away.

No worries, the fact that I didn't dare just say "rubbish" show that
you had a good case.

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