Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 19:47:11 +1000 (est) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: Jason Godfrey <godfrey@sol.aptsolutions.com> Cc: Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Disk activity leading to hangs Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.4.32.0211041945100.39680-100000@tenring.andymac.org> In-Reply-To: <20021103115009.C43728@sol.aptsolutions.com>
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On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Jason Godfrey wrote:
> After a bit of experimentation it seems that the hang (at least on the AMD)
> occurs under write activity. (A yes > /tmp/foo hangs it.) It seems to hold up
> under read loads.
I've seen references to power supply problems causing similar
symptoms (crashes under heavy disk I/O).
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