From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 18:39:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8083316A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:39:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net (mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net [209.58.140.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9D543D2D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:39:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@keyslapper.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.10.4.59]) by mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BD50692D2 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:39:01 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:42:57 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:42:57 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041108184256.GB21655@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <52aaba24041108095717087968@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <52aaba24041108095717087968@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: FBSD 2.5.1-p11 | Promise SATA150 TX2plus | Seagate B 200GB - BAD SUPERBLK / Machine freezes up etc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 18:39:02 -0000 On 11/08/04 06:57 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed: > Hi, I'm running a FBSD 5.2.1-p11 server on a 350 PII. > 1 IDE is plugged in on the motherboard. The other two Seagate > Barracuda 200 GB SATA discs are plugged in on the controllercard. > > I get bad geometry in sysinstall (which is apparently a bug as far as > I know from searching old mail-lists). Fdisk states that 387621/16/63 > is wrong. Inside is changes to 24321/255/63. > ST3200822AS is the product name for the hard-drive. > http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/personal/family/0,1085,599,00.html > is the datasheet. > > My problem is when I transfer large amounts of data to any of the discs. > WIthout warning, the whole system absolutely freeze up and I have to > manually reboot. > When I then run fsck it reports on several problems, among them a > SUPERBLK ERROR. I take it that's not good :p > The disc has to be formatted and we go again. > > The first time it happened, I acquired a fan since they seemed a tad > hot.. They were pushing 60°C. They are now around 35°C idle. High load > is probably putting them around 45°C I believe. > > > These are the theories I've come up with: > 1) Both my discs are bad (brand new when I bought them) > 2) The setup with the controller card and the motherboard doesn't work > 3) FBSD can't handle the data-transfer very well after a while. Could > it be that the data goes to the IDE and then to the SATA-discs? > > Thanks in advance, I really don't know how to handle this. Or, well > I'm gonna try updating to 5.3 in a couple of days, since they have > better SATA-handling I've been told. I've had problems with an Intel ICH5 SATA controller, and serious system lockups much like what you're describing. I've run my drive through every utility I could find and I'm convinced there's nothing wrong with it. I've been getting WRITE_DMA timeouts in /var/log/messages though, typically 1 to 3 of them before the lockup. Have you noticed any of these? I hadn't thought about the fdisk issue, but yesterday I did a new 5.3 install and got a similar message to yours. Based on the fdisk message, I'm going to keep an eye out for anything strange. I haven't had this problem in 5.3 yet, but if I do, I'll be sure to look up the drives data sheet (WD 160G) and see how they match. In the past, I've always let fdisk do what it wanted, but maybe I should have forced it to the mfg spec. Perhaps I'll retry the install using that method. If it changes anything, I'll post it here. Not sure this helps, but maybe it'll put a couple pieces of the puzzle together somewhere. Good luck Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org Ô¿Ô¬ The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. -- Sagan