From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 12 14:13:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E10616A41F for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:13:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from lakepoint.domeneshop.no (lakepoint.domeneshop.no [194.63.248.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 082A943D67 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:13:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from [192.168.9.8] (14.80-203-184.nextgentel.com [80.203.184.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by lakepoint.domeneshop.no (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9CED1nR001893; Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:13:01 +0200 Message-ID: <434D19EA.8020003@wm-access.no> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:12:58 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rtsit References: <20051011031948.76568.qmail@web53008.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051011031948.76568.qmail@web53008.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 OpenPGP: id=C308A003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with FreeBSD 4.9-Release resetting itself! X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:13:12 -0000 rtsit wrote: [...snip...] > > Oct 9 21:40:55 nfs2 /kernel: ad0: READ command > timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > Oct 9 21:40:55 nfs2 /kernel: ata0: resetting devices > .. ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or > device > > All I can figure is that the FreeBSD system is trying > to read/write to ad0 (my primary HD) and there's an > error of some sort, so it waits a bit and then resets > the entire system. > > When I do an fsck, it comes out fine. So it's > definately some sort of weird intermittent problem. > > Is my HD toast, or is FreeBSD acting stupid > unnecessarily? > Have had this with an older type IDE cable on a DMA capable system. Also i've had this when a IDE controller was about to break down and when the disk itself was about to break down. If the system is running fine for a year and you havent really done anything big to it like updating it. I'd say that it is likely that your HD is going to be toast. Why it resets i do not know. -- Sten Daniel Sørsdal