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Date:      Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:45:05 -0600 (MDT)
From:      John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net>
To:        Jamie Rishaw <jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Repeated Crashes, news server - SCSI Probs?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970423224204.4350F-100000@milehigh.denver.net>
In-Reply-To: <199704240213.WAA15041@dilbert.iagnet.net>

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I had the same problem with the Adaptec 2940 UW Controller.  Jordan and 
others suggested upgrading to 2.2-REL-ENGINEERING (however that's 
actually spelled ;).  It does seem to have helped SIGNIFICANTLY!
I ended up booting from a 2.2-RELEASE-ENG floppy and starting all over, 
but it was worth it to get rid of the random reboots.
--

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Jamie Rishaw wrote:

> 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
> 

John-David Childs (JC612)       http://www.denver.net
System Administrator            jdc@denver.net
  & Network Engineer            Think, Listen, Look, then ACT!
"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Louis B Mayer





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