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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:20:39 -0800
From:      Tom Wiebe <lists@imagefoundation.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Make Buildworld hanging - where to look
Message-ID:  <26C23244-3AFB-11D7-B4B0-0003935761AA@imagefoundation.com>
In-Reply-To: <1044630869.78054.5.camel@d80h149.public.uconn.edu>

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Hi all,

Trying to get a FreeBSD box up and running, but I keep hanging randomly 
when building or installing world or kernel.

I've tried at least 8 times so far, initially using an NFS /usr/src 
containing releng_4. Thinking that I was having problems with my 
network card or something I've now been trying to simply buildworld and 
kernel from the source on the ISO of 4.7 release.

It proceeds fine for 10+ minutes, sometimes I've gotten all the way 
through to the installworld phase, and then the machine simply freezes 
up in the middle of the install. Other times it's quit just a minute or 
two into buildworld. No response at the console, no response to pings, 
nothing logged anywhere in /var/log/*, nothing printed to the console. 
Seems totally random and it seems to not want to tell me anything about 
what's happening.

I've checked the SCSI ID's on my drives, and everything _seems_ in 
order there, The machine was working fine before adding a new SCSI 
drive.

Here's an outline of the hardware:

	Intel Server board 440gx
	2x P-III 550 processors
	2x 512Mb ECC Dimms
	3x 9.1 MB Quantum V drives at ID's 2 4 and 8
	
I'm pretty sure it's a hardware problem, most likely with the scsi 
drives, but the Adaptec scsi manager on the board doesn't show any sign 
of SCSI problems. My next step is to run out and find a new SCSI Cable 
(Ultra 2 LVD), is there anything else I should look at first?

Tom Wiebe


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