From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 13:48:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBB4616A420 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:48:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wwitzke@sstire.com) Received: from set.sstire.com (set.sstire.com [209.194.98.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E061143D4C for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:48:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wwitzke@sstire.com) Received: from [10.10.10.128] [209.194.98.2] by set.sstire.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.03) id A691199200C4; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:58:41 -0400 Message-ID: <434D1439.3040903@sstire.com> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:48:41 -0400 From: Wayne Witzke User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20051001) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org References: <4348ACCD.7050203@sstire.com> <44irw5wion.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <434BB9B5.5070309@sstire.com> <441x2r9524.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <441x2r9524.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: CDROM Unknown Transfer Error crashes system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:48:47 -0000 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Don't top-post, please. > > Wayne Witzke writes: > > >>Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >>>Wayne Witzke writes: >>> >>> >>>>I've googled the error, but the information was mostly related to cd >>>>burning or errors in different releases from months or years >>>>ago. Nothing recent that I could find. >>>> >>>>Does anybody have any idea what's going on and how I can fix whatever it is? >>> >>>You could talk to the main ATA developer (sos@freebsd.org), but he >>>will almost certainly want to know what happens with more recent >>>code. Can you try updating your system? >>> > > >>Thank you for your reply! >> >>Are you talking about upgrading to the 6.0-BETA? Is it a fairly >>transparent process, or is it going to require a lot of reconfiguring >>and reinstalling? I'm not sure I have time to update if that's the >>case. I'm working under a deadline at the moment. > > > RELENG_5 would be an improvement. It's not necessary, but developers > find it much easier to debug recent code than older versions. I'm a little confused... I thought I had RELENG_5_4. "uname -a" says: FreeBSD wlaptop 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #1: Thu Oct 6 21:18:29 EDT 2005 root@wlaptop:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WLAPTOP i386 Isn't this RELENG_5_4? > > >>Is there anything that I can do to capture more information the next >>time my computer reboots spontaneously? > > > Try to get a crash dump. There's more information on it in the > Handbook. And some related information on panic analysis (if you can > get it to that point) in the FAQ. > > I'll try that, it doens't sound too difficult. Just so I know, if I was going to see a kernel panic message, I'd be seeing one before the computer reboots, right? Thank you again! Wayne