[thechat] Red Hat keeps locking

[Seb]

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>Hello Linux guru's
>
>I was under the impression that Linux was a very stable OS. However, my
>install keeps locking. I will be working along nice and happy and then
>all of a sudden the entire machine simply locks. And I have to hit the
>reset key on the case.
>
>So, I realize this is a little vague, but any suggestions? Below are the
>specs:
>
>Red Hat 7.2
>Ximian gnome desktop
>Lots of ram
>Fast processor

Chris,

What's your hardware? This sounds more like a hardware problem than Redhat.

One thing to try immediately:
Check your hard disk and CD jumper settings. If you find they're using 
Cable Select (CSEL), change them so they use the proper master and slave 
settings. Redhat 7.2 has a slight issue with DMA and CSEL conflict. 
(Technically, CSEL is useless. And defunct. Dell use it for machine 
pre-builds because they're too lazy to actually work out which drives are 
going to be master and slaves.)

Shout back if this doesn't work.

Seb.

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