[ale] CRC problems with a new machine

[Calvin Harrigan]

James Sumners wrote:
> Yes, the nic is integrated. I think it is merely a 100/10 card.
> 
> If I were to copy the file to the USB drive, and then back to the
> machine, it would double the errors. The SATA bus uses the sata_nv
> driver while the PATA bus uses the pata_amd driver. I can read files
> from CDs and DVDs just fine. It is either the physical SATA bus that
> is bad or the driver. Either way, I can't do anything about it other
> than RMA the board. I emailed the LKML with my problem, but, as
> expected, I got no response. I'm no driver writer, and I certainly
> don't have time to learn how to become one right now.
> 
> I was just hoping someone here had encountered the problem before and
> could make a suggestion other than RMA. But I ran out of time and
> options. The last possible day for refund was yesterday.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Calvin Harrigan
> <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>  I dunno, if the OS isn't crashing it's hard to imagine it's a hardware
>>  issue.  Network stack related perhaps?  Is the nic integrated?  Is it
>>  running at gigabit speed?  what if you copy the data to say an external
>>  USB hard drive and back?
>>
>>  Calvin...
> 
> 
> 
What distribution/version of linux?  Try booting from a bootable distro 
like knoppix or even bootable ubuntu and try it again.