Re: More problems with using apt-get

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 01:49:00PM -0600, Klaus Weidner wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:36:40PM +0100, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> > Still I have to find out why the apt-get process
> > crashes so often. I had to reboot (ie. remove battery)
> > multiple times.
> 
> My guess would be that this is due to a flaky storage card. Many of the
> cheap ones don't seem to be designed for any type of access pattern more
> complex than storing the occasional photograph. If you have the chance I
> suggest that you try a different brand.
> 
> The SL-5x00 models had a fairly unreliable SD driver which made the
> problem worse, but I haven't had disk IO related crashes on my SL-C750
> using a Panasonic SD card.

I am using a Lexar 32x 1GB. Whatever that means.

> You may want to try running "while true; do sync; sleep 1; done &" in the
> background which had apparently improved things for some people.

Yes, I have seen that hint on the wiki but so far hesitated to
accept this as a solution ;-)


I finally installed the stuff I wanted step by step.
Will keep an eye on this issue ...


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