From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 15:46:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8E3106566B for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:46:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from casey@phantombsd.org) Received: from mail.phantombsd.org (mail.phantombsd.org [74.94.69.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A31B08FC08 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.phantombsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E28A98078; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:46:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at spitfire.phantombsd.org Received: from mail.phantombsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.phantombsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lHi5oBhii80a; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.phantombsd.org (spitfire.phantombsd.org [192.168.1.2]) by mail.phantombsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57874A9807F; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:46:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Casey Scott To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <202754989.467.1276616776261.JavaMail.root@spitfire.phantombsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4C179F62.4020709@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [208.95.100.4] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.5_GA_2213.RHEL5_64 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Win)/6.0.5_GA_2213.RHEL5_64) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA time outs 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: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:46:18 -0000 I did try different cables. Just failed to mention that. The LiveCD is a great suggestion. I'll try that this evening, and see how everything works. I considered the hardware being marginal, but was surprised when a brand new disk controller also failed. In any case, I'll try the LiveCD and see what I've got to work with. Thanks, Casey ----- "Matthew Seaman" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 15/06/2010 16:06:36, Casey Scott wrote: > > I'd appreciate it if someone could lend some assistance with this > > issue. The machine in question is pretty much unusable atm! > > You've tried swapping out the drives and the disk controllers, but > have > you tried swapping out the SATA cables? I say this, because I > personally once spent about two weeks trying to debug a weird problem > that turned out to be due to a broken conductor in some ethernet > cable. > Talk about egg-on-face. > > When doing diagnosis by swapping out components, always start with > the > cheapest components and work up to the most expensive. > > Now, component failure is certainly a possibility given that you say > the > kit is some years old. That can be a side effect of upgrading to a > new > release -- if you're doing a lot of extra compiling and stuff the > extra > load can tip marginal hardware over the edge -- but it is a also > possibility that there is some sort of introduced bug with the new > system. > > To confirm this, you'll need to boot back into an older version of > the > system and show that all your hardware comes back to life. Rather > than > blowing away all your upgrading work, try using a livecd -- you can > fsck > and mount 8.0 UFS filesystems from a 7.x livecd no problem, but be > careful with ZFS, as there may have been some on-disk format changes > that aren't backwards compatible. You might want to grab an 8-STABLE > snapshot .iso as well: if that works, then you can be fairly certain > the > problem will be fixed in 8.1-RELEASE (although there has definitely > been a zpool version bump between 8.0-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE). > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwXn2IACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxYxQCgi693uu68KKuY1Hg8ScwkP8kV > wsYAoIm9g14MHpsktg9cXIXzC5ZVANpg > =hvho > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----