From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 23:20:03 2005 Return-Path: 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 2CBBC16A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:20:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B3243D49 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:20:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j2RNKEb61570 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:20:02 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 In-Reply-To: <106629833.20050327112341@wanadoo.fr> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Anthony's drive issues.Re: ssh password delay X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:20:03 -0000 owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > >> Actually it was a waste to you because you don't want to try >> anything, but it wasn't a waste to others on the list. > > It was a waste to me because nobody knows what the problem is or how > to fix it, and the only suggestions I got were that the hardware was > failing, which I know isn't true. > And to test with just one disk on the controller, specifically the Seagate, but also with just the Quantum, to eliminate a possible bad interaction between the disks and to eliminate possible incompatible firmware in either of the disks to that of the Adaptec controller. Since you haven't done that we still don't know if possibly it would work fine with only one of the disks on the chain. >> When trying to troubleshoot a problem you make a conjecture as to >> what the problem might be then you test for it. > > I guess it's a good thing that nobody conjectured that it might be bad > utility power, or I'd have to switch to a new nuclear plant in order > to troubleshooot the problem. It would have been an invalid conjecture because while your utility power might be bad, the power your getting from your UPS certainly isn't. I do assume you have this on a UPS, right? Ted