From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 28 11:15:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA27355 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:15:32 -0800 Received: from ufrmsa1.Olivetti.za (root@ufrmsa1.Olivetti.za [160.124.2.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA27349 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 11:15:21 -0800 Received: from neptune by ufrmsa1.Olivetti.za with uucp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tKVOx-000IaNC; Tue, 28 Nov 95 21:09 GMT+0200 Received: by neptune.ru.ac.za (Smail3.1.28.1 #10) id m0tKUx9-00000HC; Tue, 28 Nov 95 20:40 SAT Message-Id: Subject: System locks during disk activity To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 20:40:26 +0200 (SAT) From: geoff%neptune@ufrmsa1.Olivetti.za Reply-To: geoff%neptune@ufrmsa1.Olivetti.za X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 680 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have been having hassles with recent kernels (the most recent one is from 26/11/95), with my system (i386/Dx33 2 IDE drives) locking up during disk activity -- normally killing it during bootup. Fortunately, I still have a kernel from 18/11, which still works. (Anything after that locks the system.) My first reaction is that this might be due to a change in wd.c - but putting back the older wd.c (with wd_externalise() rewritten) didn't help. Any thoughts? Geoff. (PS: I am not on this list at the moment.) -- Geoff Rehmet | ____ _ o /\ geoff%neptune@ufrmsa1.olivetti.za |___ _-\_<, / /\/\ PGP key available on request | (*)/'(*) /\/ / \ \