From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 08:57:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1088A106568E; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980C88FC14; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:57:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from [195.4.92.18] (helo=8.mx.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #65) id 1KowlE-0003vI-Q9; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:12 +0200 Received: from maf2d.m.pppool.de ([89.49.175.45]:62894 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 8.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #65) id 1KowlE-0005b4-Ig; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:12 +0200 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:11 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Fabian Wenk Message-ID: <20081012105711.33009734@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <48F11FD6.7050007@wenks.ch> References: <200810101429.37244.joao@matik.com.br> <20081011113057.7402300c@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20081011101316.GA58119@icarus.home.lan> <20081011164529.198f32c6@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20081011144817.GB64861@icarus.home.lan> <48F0D3B5.6070602@egr.msu.edu> <20081011165250.GA67552@icarus.home.lan> <48F11FD6.7050007@wenks.ch> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: am2 MBs - 4g + SCSI wipes out root partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:57:15 -0000 On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:51:18 +0200 Fabian Wenk wrote: > Hello Jeremy > > On 11.10.08 18:52, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > Could the problem be specific to certain firmware revisions on the > > cards? > > Some other idea, which versions of FreeBSD/amd64 are affected? > Only 8-CURRENT, or also 6.x- and/or 7.x-RELEASE? > > As far as I have seen from the reports, it does only happen with > more then 3.5 GB RAM and with SCSI disks. > > I do have a system with FreeBSD/amd64 6.3-RELEASE with 4 GB RAM > and an Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter (ahc) with only a tape > drive connected. The disks are on an Areca RAID controller. Access > to the disks and the tape drive does work just fine without any > crashes. > This is interesting because the 29160 is exactly the controller with which I had all my problems, but I was running it with disks only. Maybe Scott, or someone, has fixed it in the meantime? I haven't tried to use the full 4 GB in my box since January since I can't afford data corruption. --- Gary Jennejohn