Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:17:34 +0300 From: "Matti J. Karki" <mjk@iki.fi> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reproducable file corruption on 6-STABLE Message-ID: <1b15366e0605141317x2543d340kda43ab35f935b2b6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1b15366e0605140233n4e35ea99k88092b62c9315df1@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060512235959.GA18154@psconsult.nl> <1b15366e0605131033w3c0ddc58t563ccecdf8745ae8@mail.gmail.com> <20060514021012.GA61053@xor.obsecurity.org> <1b15366e0605140233n4e35ea99k88092b62c9315df1@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/14/06, Matti J. Karki <mjk@iki.fi> wrote: > On 5/14/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:33:38PM +0300, Matti J. Karki wrote: > > > On 5/13/06, Paul Schenkeveld <fb-stable@psconsult.nl> wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >When I try to copy a large (7GB+) file from one filesystem to anothe= r the > > > >copy is not equal to te source file. This behaviour can be reproduc= ed > > > >repeatedly. > > > > > > > >Details: > > > > > > > > - FreeBSD 6-STABLE, cvsupped yesterday > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have very similar problem with my i386 6.1-STABLE installation. Wit= h > > > 6.0 there were no problems. I have already eliminated bad hardware > > > (memory, hard drive) and also overheating. I'm able to reproduce the > > > problem with quite small files. 23 megabytes has been enough to get > > > corrupted. I have softupdates enabled and the disk is an IDE drive. > > > > It is almost certainly to do with your specific hardware > > configuration, or a nonstandard disk-related kernel option you are > > using. Please specify your configuration in detail so others can > > compare. > > > > OK, here comes the details. > > The machine is an HP laptop (Pavilion 4423EA) with Fujitsu MHT2030AT > IDE hard drive (28615,8MB). IDE controller is "ALi M5229 PCI Bus > Master IDE Controller" from Acer Labs Inc. The system has 1GB of RAM. > The system itself was FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE with GENERIC kernel from the > installation media (so, I haven't compiled anything). No weird kernel > options in use. Hardware should be very generic all in all. > > Now I have a 6.0-STABLE with GENERIC kernel back (from the > installation media, no updates, patches, no nothing) and I have > stress-tested the system. I was not able to reproduce file corrutions > with 6.0 even though I tried to replicate all situations excactly like > with 6.1. > > I have done upgrading and downgrading by using boot-only CD and > selecting USER installation set for upgrading. > Ops. I did quite a mistake describing my system. So, all along I was talking about 6.1-RELEASE and 6.0-RELEASE. Not STABLE. -Matti
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