From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 20:17:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75EF916A403 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mjkarki@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6C7E43D45 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:17:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mjkarki@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x29so4571nfb for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 13:17:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=r9q6hpZxtmTe1rWe6nw/rFIdekoKcziPrk2HOjMRH2oX7BdUQvI8xjgBJhVB5SHnwU9w4bzWNLvYqUCxioGkGxY+/EsP76SDFXLEFcpOWNefSFdB8Qlu/akV0/95hwK62uoeXbs7TH7uTawrXg4ocMZX2N0HGoAzFnscqCCoy+A= Received: by 10.48.221.20 with SMTP id t20mr1507795nfg; Sun, 14 May 2006 13:17:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.144.15 with HTTP; Sun, 14 May 2006 13:17:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1b15366e0605141317x2543d340kda43ab35f935b2b6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:17:34 +0300 From: "Matti J. Karki" Sender: mjkarki@gmail.com To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1b15366e0605140233n4e35ea99k88092b62c9315df1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060512235959.GA18154@psconsult.nl> <1b15366e0605131033w3c0ddc58t563ccecdf8745ae8@mail.gmail.com> <20060514021012.GA61053@xor.obsecurity.org> <1b15366e0605140233n4e35ea99k88092b62c9315df1@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f21b1d1ec0a90aaf Subject: Re: Reproducable file corruption on 6-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:17:36 -0000 On 5/14/06, Matti J. Karki wrote: > On 5/14/06, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:33:38PM +0300, Matti J. Karki wrote: > > > On 5/13/06, Paul Schenkeveld 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