Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:36:10 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: jascha@equilibrate.net Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940u2w + 4.1-stable from 2-8 Message-ID: <200008042336.QAA28931@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20000803154902.A470@equilibrate.net> References: <20000803154902.A470@equilibrate.net>
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In article <20000803154902.A470@equilibrate.net>, Jascha Hoogenraad <jascha@equilibrate.net> wrote: > > www.p0.s0: fatal write I/O error > scsi0: fatal drive I/O error > vinum: drive scsi0 is down > vinum: mail.p0.s0 is crashed > vinum: mail.p0 is faulty > vinum: mail is down > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Synchronize cache failed, status =3D=3D 0x5b, scsi status= > =3D=3D 0x0 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Invalidating pack > www.p0.s0: fatal write I/O error > scsi0: fatal drive I/O error [...] > da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <SEAGATE ST318436LW 0005> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device > da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 31, 16bit), Tagged Queueing En= > abled > da0: 17522MB (35885168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2233C) I am not _sure_ this is your problem, but I think it probably is. Some models of Seagate drives have a known firmware bug which causes these symptoms. You should try to get a firmware upgrade from Seagate technical support. Meanwhile, you can work around the problem by disabling the write cache on the drive. Use "camcontrol modepage ..." to do that (see the man page for details). The page you want to edit is page 8, and it's the "WCE" flag that you want to turn off. Caveat: Don't mistake me for a SCSI expert. I got this info from Justin Gibbs and it worked for me. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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