From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 23 19:14:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA09146 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dilbert.iagnet.net (root@dilbert.iagnet.net [207.206.8.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA09101; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by dilbert.iagnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15041; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:13:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199704240213.WAA15041@dilbert.iagnet.net> Subject: Repeated Crashes, news server - SCSI Probs? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:13:53 -0400 (EDT) RFC_Violation: You saw it here first! From: jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net (Jamie Rishaw) Reply-To: jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net Organization: Internet Access Group X-No-Archive: yes X-Face: >:-p X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I've been having a problem with one of the FreeBSD machines on our network. It's the news server.. Sorry for the crosspost, btw. Up until today it was a Cyrix 6x86 with 128M RAM, yada yada.. today's config is: - P-Pro 200, TYAN mb, 192Mb RAM - FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE - Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra W BIOS v1.21 - 2x9GB ST410800W (News spool) - Generic 500Mb, Generic 600Mb quantum HD (IDE) (System) - 2x3COM 3C590 Etherlink III PCI rev 0 int a It seems that the server doesn't like to stay online for more than a day or so before rebooting. This has been the symptom since the day I rescued the poor server from a life of servitude and slavery running an evil Micros*** product. No worry, I formatted the disks thrice. :-) I'm looking at the messages file (I have them locally and across the network) and this is the last thing I see before a reboot: Apr 21 17:11:00 iagnews /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 Apr 21 17:11:00 iagnews /kernel: SEQADDR == 0x8 (reboot) Apr 23 13:21:07 iagnews /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 Apr 23 13:21:07 iagnews /kernel: SEQADDR == 0xd (reboot) Apr 23 17:12:13 iagnews /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 Apr 23 17:12:13 iagnews /kernel: SEQADDR == 0xc (reboot) Apr 23 19:32:56 iagnews /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): timed out while idle, LASTPHASE == 0x1, SCSISIGI == 0x0 Apr 23 19:32:56 iagnews /kernel: SEQADDR == 0xc (reboot) Here's a dmesg: -- snip -- FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE #14: Tue Apr 22 21:12:19 EDT 1997 jamie@iagnews.iagnet.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/GAV CPU: 199-MHz unknown (Pentium-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x619 Stepping=9 Features=0xf9ff,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV> real memory = 201326592 (196608K bytes) Physical memory hole(s): avail memory = 192729088 (188212K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0 rev 2 on pci0:0 chip1 rev 1 on pci0:7:0 chip2 rev 0 on pci0:7:1 vx0 <3COM 3C590 Etherlink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:11 utp[*utp*] address 00:a0:24:de:6e:23 vx1 <3COM 3C590 Etherlink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:12 utp[*utp*]: disable 'auto select' with DOS util! address 00:a0:24:de:92:78 ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:13 ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs (ahc0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST410800W 0006" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 8669MB (17755614 512 byte sectors) (ahc0:2:0): "SEAGATE ST410800W 0003" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 8669MB (17755614 512 byte sectors) Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): wd0: 601MB (1232784 sectors), 1223 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): wd1: 516MB (1057280 sectors), 1120 cyls, 16 heads, 59 S/T, 512 B/S bt0 not found at 0x330 npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface WARNING: / was not properly dismounted. -- snip -- bt0's there because I was going to replace the adaptec with a buslogic, but then realized that the cabling was wrong.. :/ Anyhow.. I've seen a lot of talk on this, but no real answers.. Are adaptec 29xx's Satan-Spawn? TIA all, -jamie -- jamie g.k. rishaw Internet Access Group Chance favors the prepared mind. __ [http://www.iagnet.net] DID:216.902.5455 FAX:216.623.3566 \/ 800:800.637.4IAGx5455