From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 19:18:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3EA8016A420 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:18:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986F743D6D for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:18:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060401191839.KJXV6500.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:18:39 -0500 Received: from wcox.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060401191837.VGZA4510.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@wcox.bellsouth.net>; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:18:37 -0500 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20060401141007.02f0c838@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:19:25 -0500 To: "Wil Hatfield" , From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: RE: ATA Drive Issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:18:43 -0000 At 05:52 PM 3/31/2006, fbsd_user wrote: >Hay I am ran ata HD on 5.4 and now on 6.0 with out any >problems. Your problems may be caused by your HD starting to go bad. You didn't say if you're running plain [parrallel] ATA or Serial ATA. Nearly two years ago I tried to replace our Samba file server with a new box running SATA with the Adaptec controller (1210??) based on the SiI 3112 chipset (same one ragged on here a couple days ago) and FBSD 5.something. Never made it into production -- same hangs you describe. I filed this issue: kern/70379: System hangs under heavy disk IO with SiI 3112 SATA150 There were a couple related fixes, but none completely cured it. I switched to a Promise SATA controller, and the problem was lessened to the point the machine was usable. But I can still make it hang just tar'ing a file system to a tar file on the same drive. Just bought a new Dell SC430 with SATA to replace the whole thing. Running 6.0 for a week now, and it seems solid. It's all Intel electronics: atapci0: . Don't know if the controllers are junk, or it's a FBSD issue. Once the new machine is swapped in, I plan to experiment with 6.0 on the old one to see. -Wayne