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Date:      Fri, 3 May 2002 10:57:10 -0500
From:      "Robby Williamson" <thundercat@tamu.edu>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mattias_Bj=F6rk?= <thrawn@linux.nu>, "Ted Sikora" <tsikora@ntplx.net>
Cc:        <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Harddisk failure ?
Message-ID:  <000b01c1f2bb$316e6890$0200000a@eclipse>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.43L0.0205031154410.5078-100000@thrawn.birch.se>

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howdy guys.

I have a BP6 with dual 500's. I am using the HPT366 controller and my only
HD is a Seagate ST330630A. I have been running stable since 4.3 on it. I
have had no rebooting problems. yet. =/

as far as getting that promise card, I would say not yes, but hell yes.(if
your budget can take it) the HPT controller is also notorious for screwing
up things in Win NT 5 (2000).

this is where my help gets vague. About 2 months ago I read ( I think it was
www.hardocp.com ) that there was a problem with IBM drives in that they are
only designed to run 8-10 hours a day. This was confirmed by an IBM tech
person. any more time can cause the HD to fail. I assume a HD sending bad
signals could reboot a machine. I will work on getting you a link.

---------------------------------------------------------------
Robby "ThunderCat" Williamson
www.upaboveit.org
"Failure is not an option."


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mattias Björk" <thrawn@linux.nu>
To: "Ted Sikora" <tsikora@ntplx.net>
Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 05:07
Subject: Re: Harddisk failure ?


Hi,

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Ted Sikora wrote:

> Mattias Björk wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I get this error on one of my harddisc. I have two of the one, its a ibm
> > gxp 60 60 gb disc. And I always have my computers on, and one day when I
> > entered the room I notice that the machine with the two ibm discs hade
> > rebooted because my uptime has started from scratch. Im not sure but I
> > think that this caused the box to reboot. Any that can explain what
might
> > be wrong? I have replaced my gxp 60 60 gb disc with a 75 gxp 40 gb disc.
> > And I have not yet seen the problem again. The gxp 60 disc is on the
same
> > cable as a western digital caviar xl 100 gb ata100. I don't know if it
> > could be a problem between them? Any how thanks in advance. And is a bp6
> > motherboard and I only use the ata33 controller.
> >
>
> It's the BP6 same problem here... resetting ata-x devices constantly...
> then eventually locks up. Started in -stable a few weeks ago. I finally
> put 4.5-Release back. Does it with any HD on the HPT366 or PII in
> -stable

But Im not using the ata66 controller on the m/b. Im only using the ata33
controller, see below. Or they are the same chipset? And so what you are
saying is that its not a hardware but a software problem? But sometimes it
doesn't lock up.

I allways have my computer on so I noticed that it hade
rebooted one time sometime under night because when read the uptime it
was wasen't more then 12-24 h something and before it was over 22 days.

Last time I tried to use my ata66 controler on my bp6 m/b, it kernel
paniced after a very short time if I don't remember wrong.

host# atacontrol list
ATA channel 0:
    Master:  ad0 <IC35L060AVER07-0/ER6OA44A> ATA/ATAPI rev 5
    Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 1:
    Master:  ad2 <IBM-DTLA-307045/TX6OA60A> ATA/ATAPI rev 5
    Slave:   ad3 <WDC WD1000BB-50CCB0/22.04A22> ATA/ATAPI rev 5
ATA channel 2:
    Master:      no device present
    Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 3:
    Master:      no device present
    Slave:       no device present

Anyway thanks for the answer, and do you think I will help if a get
another ata controller? Like a ata133 promise controller?

Mvh Mattias Björk

A dozen, a gross, and a score,
Plus three times the square root of four,
        Divided by seven,
        Plus five times eleven,
Equals nine squared plus zero, no more.


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