Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:59:02 +0100 From: "S. Anthony Sequeira" <tony@sequeira.com> To: FreeBSD List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fairly regular crash with usb disk backup Message-ID: <1089827942.1333.12.camel@nova.sequestor.lan> In-Reply-To: <32943.24.11.146.21.1089814044.squirrel@freedombi.com> References: <1089745444.7465.22.camel@nova.sequestor.lan> <32943.24.11.146.21.1089814044.squirrel@freedombi.com>
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On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 15:07, Charles Ulrich wrote: > S. Anthony Sequeira said: [...] > > I believe I have a similar situation. > > My main server at home ran a number of different operating systems in the past > with no stability issues until I installed FreeBSD 4.10. After that, it would > reboot with no provocation or explanation approximately once a day. Uptime > varied between 5 minutes and 2 days. My symptoms differ inasmuch as the crash only occurs when I attempt to use the USB drive. > Thinking that I perhaps had a dodgy motherboard, I replaced it and all was > well for about 4 days. It rebooted again this morning with explanation. A > closer look at the logs revealed that my el-cheapo USB 2.0 card freaked out an > hour before reboot on two occasions, so if the machine reboots again I'm going > to try yanking out the USB card since I'm not really using it at the moment. The drive is connected to a USB 1.0 built-in port. No card yet, though I may look for one soon. Speed is not of the essence for my backups currently. > That may not be an option for you since you use USB to back your system up, > but maybe we can get a developer to help us find a fix or workaround. Yes, there is obviously a problem, maybe not the same problem, but similar. I would like to assist the developers to track it down, if they are interested. > Charles Ulrich -- You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down. -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad"
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