Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:33:38 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: johann@broadpark.no Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd behavior in 4.5-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020407143338.C304@twincat.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <1018010633.3cad9c0964843@mail.broadpark.no>; from johann@broadpark.no on Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:43:53PM %2B0200 References: <1018010633.3cad9c0964843@mail.broadpark.no>
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On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:43:53PM +0200, johann@broadpark.no wrote: > Greetings, > > I just installed FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE on a Packard Bell Legend (Pentium 120, > 16MB RAM and 17GB HDD) which I tend to use as my gateway. > > There are, however, a few issues I consider odd compared to how I'm used to > things working out: > > When doing a pkg_add -r, it seems to freeze for a few seconds before it starts > the process and displays the fetch URL. It also froze on the run of BitchX, though > I didn't bother to wait and see if it actually worked. > > The first package I tried adding was cvsupit. Besides from the first-minute freeze > the rest of the installation seemed to work well, apart from cvsupit's cvsup > process, where it ofcourse also froze. When I then tried cvsupit -g -L 2 > /etc/cvsupfile, I got some sort of library error (something with libXaw, I don't quite > remember). > > In the mean time, and quite frequently otherwise, I hear this metallic klinging > sound. I suspect it coming from the HDD, though it might as well be from any > other part of the box. The whole situation you are describing sounds like a disk subsystem that is in the process of letting it's smoke out. Check /var/log/messages, I wouldn't be surprised if it's full of ata TIMEOUT and BUS RESET and RETRY errors. Another thing you can possibly take a look at is the IDE controller itself. A lot of those older Packard Bells had hideously broken IDE controllers in them. If you had a PCI IDE controller to throw in it, that would make an excellent diagnostic tool. My thousand mile away guess is that your hard drive is failing. :-/ > > All of this is just driving me nuts. My grandmother died today. And I got nothing > better to do? > > --Johann > My condolences on your loss, Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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