From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 19:04:06 2004 Return-Path: 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 9764C16A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:04:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ACCE43D54 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:04:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tony@sequeira.com) Received: from [212.159.42.85] (helo=nova.sequestor.lan) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1BkSZQ-000EWa-TT for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:04:04 +0000 Received: by nova.sequestor.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 69EBB607; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:04:04 +0100 (BST) From: "S. Anthony Sequeira" To: FreeBSD List Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Great Holm, Milton Keynes Message-Id: <1089745444.7465.22.camel@nova.sequestor.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:04:04 +0100 Subject: Fairly regular crash with usb disk backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:04:06 -0000 Hi, $ uname -a FreeBSD corona.sequestor.lan 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #0: Sat Jul 10 14:24:06 BST 2004 root@corona.sequestor.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CORONA i386 I have a USB enclosure with a 200 GB disk which I use for backups using RVM. 4 times out of 5 (approximately) all goes well. The 5th time it hard crashes the system. It's a bit annoying, but I can live with it. However, I'm sure someone would like details of the problem. I am also a bit worried about the state of my disk volumes after the crash. There is absolutely nothing in /var/log/messages or redirected stdin/err for the job. What, if anything, should I do so as I can provide debugging material if required? -- Experience is directly proportional to the cost of the equipment ruined.