From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 1 03:02:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA23773 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 03:02:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA23722 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 03:02:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA29995; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 21:31:54 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id VAA09225; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 21:31:53 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980201213153.56333@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 21:31:53 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Malte Lance Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: system unstable, how to make it stable again ? References: <3.0.32.19980201110752.006c6ed0@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980201110752.006c6ed0@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de>; from Malte Lance on Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 11:07:52AM -0100 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 11:07:52AM -0100, Malte Lance wrote: > At 12:54 01.02.98 +1030, you wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 02:57:49AM -0100, Malte Lance wrote: > >>>>> Nope. The funny thing is, when the machine freezes, the harddrives, >>>>> when accessed at this moment, dont even have time to switch the lights > off. >>>> Ah! There's your answer! It's a SCSI bus problem. I thought it >>>> might be. Are you sure you didn't add any peripherals recently? >>> Yes ... besides the DAT-Streamer. >> That's enough. Presumably it's DDS, BTW. > > DDS-II ... is there a problem with DDS-(II) ? No, I was just being pedantic. DDS are computer tapes, DAT are Hi-Fi components. >>> I give it two more crashes ... then i'll update :) >> Why not disconnect the DDS drive after the next hang? > > Of course this is the better variant. Well, *after* a hang. We still haven't established that this is the real cause. Greg