From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 12:30:09 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 2A4501065670 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:30:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from constellation.thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [207.112.4.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31828FC19 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2] helo=GRANTPC) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1OZ16F-0003OU-Jn; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:30:07 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Grant Peel" To: "Adam Vande More" References: <283E1E509AB1496E93FA10385C1B745B@GRANTPC> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:29:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell SAS5/IR 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: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:30:09 -0000 >> Hi all, >> >> I was attempiting to restage a server last night to no avail. It is a >> Dell >> 860 with a LSI SAS (Dell SAS5/SI) controller. >> >> This was happening when I was dumping the filesystems from a USB memory >> stick (da1s1) to the hard drive (Seagate 76 GIG SAS - da0s1). >> >> Can anyone tell me if they have seen this before? or if it is a Hard disk >> problem, or a problem with the SAS controller, or is it a FreeBSD >> problem? >> >> I ahve donwloaded the latest SAS firmware and installed it, ran the Dell >> 32 >> Bit diags, ran the drive diagnostics, etc etc and everything passes with >> no >> errors. >> >> I simply cant install dumps, or install a fresh copy of freebsd. >> >> I have snapshots of what the console iis showing, but in a nutshell: >> >> (da0:mpt:0:0:0:0): Synchonize cahce failed, status =0x4a, scsi status = >> 0x0 >> (da0:mpt:0:0:0:0): removing device entry >> Device /da0s1e went missing before all of the data could be written to >> it, >> expect data loss >> >> I have snapshots if anyone wants me to send them off list. >> >> Any possible resalutions ? >> > > The way I read your problem is that you are dumping a slice with > partitions > to another slice correct? > > I don't think that works, dump(1) works on the filesystem level, so a > partition by partition dump and restore is needed. > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Adam, Sorry I should have been clearer in my original post. I had made dumps from one machine from each individual file system / (dev/da0s1a) /var (dev/da0s1d) /usr (/dev/da0s1e) /home (/dev/da0s1f) Then, on a different machine, was dumping them using the LIVE FS CD boot disk, to it's primary drive that was pre fdisk'd and the filesystems created. The root, var filesystem restored fine, but, as I said, the usr filesystem keep crapping out with the errors mentioned. I even get the same error when trying to actually install freebsd from CD, from scratch. Yesterday, I ran every diagnostic available to the system (Dell 32 Bit Diags, on board controller diags, etc) and they all passed with no errors. I have seen some scuttlebutt white googling, about the SAS5/IR buuffer problems, but have not seen a resolution yet. -Grant