Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:54:30 -0400 (AST) From: Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca> To: Dexnation Holodream <dex@wankers.net> Cc: Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW with two ?? UW drives... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980330085226.20477B-100000@iceberg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330070436.29885F-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Dexnation Holodream wrote: > the 2940UW is a great controller. I have a system that (up to this point) > has NEVER crashed. I've run 2.2.5-STABLE and 2.2.6-STABLE on it. My > longest uptime was 51 days, 15:31, and that's cause I got really lazy > about cvsup, and decided to see how long it would stay up...and then they > went and released 2.2.6... > > here are a few questions for you to answer: > > 1) can you repeatedly connect to it (but not get a login prompt) Yes... > 2) how long do you wait for the prompt An hour? > 3) what is the machine doing Not sure what you mean here, but its the CVSup server for PostgreSQL, news feeder/peer to 29 other hosts, WWW server for several domains, only a couple being high traffic... > 4) do you have any sort of firewall between you and the box No... > 5) what are the loads on the box Negligible, as far as I know, but I wasn't watching that at the time :( > 6) are there any in.telnetd.core files Have to check when it comes back up, but I don't think so... > 7) are there any login.core files Same as 6... > 8) what minor release are you running (2, 5, or 6) Whatever 2.2-STABLE is as of two days ago... > > -Jon > > On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Marc Fournier wrote: > > > > > Morning... > > > > Well, tonight, my #$^%#@%@ FreeBSD system is locked up > > solid...again. It's pretty much a daily occurance now, and I'm at a loss > > as to what to try next. > > > > I just put in a brand new 2940UW controller, with two UW drives > > (I'd tell you which, except I can't get to the system right now), and > > there is an IDE drive as the root drive for it... > > > > Symptom: if I telnet to the machine, I get: > > > > telnet hub.org > > Trying 209.47.148.200... > > Connected to hub.org. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > > > And it just sits there... > > > > At one persons suggestion, I've disabled SCBPAGING, but that > > apparently hasn't helped any... > > > > I'm running 2.2-STABLE on that machine right now, and reported a > > problem this morning with a panic: biodone... error message. > > > > I'm slowly going through the mailing list search engines, and get > > the feeling that the 2940 controllers might not be a "good pick" as far as > > controllers are concerned :( > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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