From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-03-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.137] helo=ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FLpbK-0006B0-00 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:45:18 -0500 Received: from dell (cpe-24-33-4-163.midsouth.res.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2LMjGxw020885 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:45:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Adam Myrow" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Subject: RE: lock up - what to do? Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:45:13 -0600 Message-ID: <001b01c64d39$1e5aa750$6401a8c0@dell> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: <001201c64cf5$fb480f20$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-index: AcZM9h2qcbWz0pXwSsuoR3FHZkoQwAAQrDNQ X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:45:19 -0000 Do you have a SATA drive by any chance? My experience with my Dell Dimension 8300 is that any 2.4.X kernel without SATA support will lock hard when probing the hard drive. 2.6 seems to be a bit more robust, and just can't find it if SATA isn't compiled in. Once you have a SATA kernel, things work fine.