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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: swap problems
From:       mlord <mlord () pobox ! com>
Date:       1996-07-31 23:02:54
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Jon Lewis wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > >   Using 2.0.3, I just got a bunch of these:
> > >
> > >   swap_duplicate: trying to duplicate unused page
> > >   swap_free: swap-space map bad (entry 00000100)
> >
> > Both of the above _look_ like a one-bit error (it's probably an empty
...
> I'd rather think it's not the hardware.  This was on a P90 that's been in
> service over a year.  It's never exhibited cache problems before.  The
> RAM has been upgraded several times...but last time was months ago.  It's
> got the Neptune chipset and one CPU.  I've upgraded it to 2.0.10.
> 

Most boards using the Neptune chipset also use the cmd640 IDE chip.
Does yours?  ("cat /proc/pci"  to find out).

Are you running with, or without, cmd640 kernel support?
Are you using "hda=serialize" ?
Do you have more than one drive?
Do you use a floppy drive (other than once a year)?

-ml
the Linux IDE guy


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