John R Pierce wrote:
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Any idea what can be done? They seem to be more nuance that not, but if I am in init 3 mode and in VI and get one of these messages in the middle of editing some file, well, I typically :q! out and start over.....
you can use ctl-L to refresh a vim edit screen... (if you're in insert mode, hit <ESC> first)... beats quitting and starting over.
Now I just have to remember that when I am using vi. I actually use vi a lot, but just for simple editing...
do these errors always occur on /dev/hdc or random devices? if always /dev/hdc, is that a CD/DVD or a HD ? that OQO thing is some kinda VIA C7 or whatever? you might try disabling DMA on the /dev/hdc, like...
hdc is the ONLY media regularly in the unit. Only used CD for the install, and only occationally a usb drive. And yes it is a VIA-based system.
And disabling DMA results in what? No dma errors, slower seek/write times, bad things on kernel panics?
/sbin/hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc[this would have to be put in a init file, maybe /etc/rc.d/rc.local ]