Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 02:57:49 -0100 From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: system unstable, how to make it stable again ? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980201025749.02f83300@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de>
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At 09:41 01.02.98 +1030, you wrote: >On Sat, Jan 31, 1998 at 10:56:22AM -0100, Malte Lance wrote: >> I have disklabeled / and /usr with disktab-entries that are parially wrong. >> That never caused any problems so i was always too lazy to correct it. >> And now i hesitate to update a broken system. I am considering a fresh >> install to be the better way to go. On the other hand i have installed >> many ports and configured the machine to be mail-hub, NS, www, caching-proxy >> and firewall. It would take many days of configuration-work to get a fresh >> install to the same point. > >Not really. Just read in the backup. Right. BTW ... does dump restore file-pipes and devices correct ? > >>> You've got a lot of peripherals on this machine. Can you see any >>> connection between peripheral activity and the hangups? >> >> Nope. The funny thing is, when the machine freezes, the harddrives, >> when accessed at this moment, dont even have time to switch the lights off. > >Ah! There's your answer! It's a SCSI bus problem. I thought it >might be. Are you sure you didn't add any peripherals recently? Yes ... besides the DAT-Streamer. >> No errors from the SCSI-system. >> A few days ago i replugged the Sony-DAT but did not use it so far, just one >> tar-backup on /usr > >OK. There's your problem (I hadn't read this far when I made my >previous comment). I'd suspect termination. No, it's in the chain and termination is disabled. >Ah. Don't expect a 'make world' to cure problems. I think Doug White >has some documentation on updating, but I don't know where. We Doug, are you reading this thread ? Would you please give me the link Greg is talking about. TIA I give it two more crashes ... then i'll update :) Greg, thanks so far. Malte Lance. malte@webmore.com > >Greg >
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