From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 17:59:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DBE16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:59:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A991B43D2D for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:59:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tony@sequeira.com) Received: from [212.159.42.85] (helo=nova.sequestor.lan) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Bko22-000NaH-TO for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:59:02 +0000 Received: by nova.sequestor.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 426D9607; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:59:02 +0100 (BST) From: "S. Anthony Sequeira" To: FreeBSD List 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> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Great Holm, Milton Keynes Message-Id: <1089827942.1333.12.camel@nova.sequestor.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:59:02 +0100 Subject: Re: Fairly regular crash with usb disk backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:59:05 -0000 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"