From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 16:50:42 2005 Return-Path: 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 0D67116A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:50:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp7.wanadoo.fr (smtp7.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4966243D6A for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:50:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0708.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D474D1C000AD for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:50:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0708.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A2BB01C00099 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:50:39 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050322165039666.A2BB01C00099@mwinf0708.wanadoo.fr Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:50:39 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <13910123255.20050322175039@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <423E116D.50805@usmstudent.com> <423EEE60.2050205@dial.pipex.com> <18510151385.20050321193911@wanadoo.fr> <1975192207.20050322041925@wanadoo.fr> <1688160068.20050322102514@wanadoo.fr> <1404322406.20050322112613@wanadoo.fr> <802735952.20050322164924@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Anthony's drive issues.Re: ssh password delay X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:50:42 -0000 Bart Silverstrim writes: > Obvious concern is that it is a warning that something's wrong (or not > set up correctly) and it may fail or cause problems down the road. Who can tell me _exactly_ what it means? > Well, is there a way to dump the code from that controller and compare > it to another one that is known not to be tampered with by the OEM? I don't know. > No, but you eliminate the obvious and the easiest-to-fix parts first. The hardware is neither obvious nor easy to fix. > Digging through source code and going through debug cycles for legacy > hardware isn't exactly time well spent by most sane opinions, when the > fix could be a ten minute swap of a drive or something like that. If I knew the source code, resolving the problem would probably take about ten minutes. > Actually, I think most troubleshooters would get another processor > first (or check that cooling was adequate to the CPU and memory) if > that was what fixed it last time. Next would be memory. So right off > the bat you have fans to check, processor, and memory. None of which > are the fault of the OS, all very likely culprits. I replaced the entire machine, except for a few components: the floppy disk drive, the CD drives, and the original disk (which, oddly enough, is _not_ the one generating the SATA errors). > That's an interesting philosophy. I already posted about Linux > messaging that the controller was in need of constant resets. The > drive was *FAILING*. NT didn't say anything. If you like sticking > your head in a hole then go ahead and comment out the code that give > the error and all will be well. Most UNIX people like having > diagnostic errors in the logs to troubleshoot things. If you have backups, you'll survive. It's nice to have warnings, but not a hundred times a day at 30 pages each. Nor are warnings much good when they freeze or crash the system. > Can you contact whoever the developer is that's in charge of SCSI work? Isn't that what this list is for? > Haven't you ever used Knoppix? It's liveboot. This machine won't boot from a CD. > You're telling me you've never heard of it before? I've heard of it, but this machine won't boot from a CD. > Did you even look at the link/google searches I sent previously for > people to ponder over with some critical thinking, the Shatter attack > and Why I Hate MS pages? These pages will not resolve my problem. -- Anthony