Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Input/output Error Message-ID: <20011023235757.J24271-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200110232256.f9NMuJX05921@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Peter Verhage <petercv@zeelandnet.nl> wrote:
> > A month ago or something I upgraded my system to FreeBSD 4.4
> > STABLE. Never had any problems until a few days ago. I wanted to
> > use the 'ps' program and some other userland programs and when I
> > started those programs I got the following error: Input/output
> > error. Some programs did work like 'top' but most programs gave
> > the same error. So I thought maybe when I reboot the system
> > everything is OK. But ofcourse I couldn't use 'reboot',
> > 'fastboot' and couldn't even use 'halt' :(. So a hard reboot it
> > was.
> >
> > When the system came back up again everything seemed fine again.
> > Everything works fine I can use all userland programs etc. etc.
> > But when I let the system alone for a while (I don't know exactly
> > how long, but less then 4 hours) I get the same error again and
> > again and again :(.
>
> This sounds very much like a dying HD drive. Do you see any error
> messages from the kernel (on the console, or in the output from the
> dmesg command), mentioning something like "medium error"? If so,
> then it's the disk.
The fact that he mentions "top" and "ps" specifically makes me
think "userland is out of sync with the kernel".
My suggestion is to follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING,
beginning around line 308 (updating from 4.0-RELEASE or later to 4-STABLE)
exactly before jumping to any conclusions.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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