Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:29:33 +0100 From: Sebastian Holmqvist <sebastian.holmqvist@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.5.1-p11 | Promise SATA150 TX2plus | Seagate B 200GB - BAD SUPERBLK / Machine freezes up etc Message-ID: <52aaba2404111010297570f1a3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041110182518.GB39219@keyslapper.org> References: <52aaba24041108095717087968@mail.gmail.com> <20041108184256.GB21655@keyslapper.org> <52aaba24041108110450c3eea@mail.gmail.com> <20041108192517.GC21655@keyslapper.org> <52aaba24041108120450dbf5d1@mail.gmail.com> <52aaba2404111010133dbd0d5f@mail.gmail.com> <20041110182518.GB39219@keyslapper.org>
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:25:18 -0500, Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> wrote: > On 11/10/04 07:13 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed: > > > <SNIP> >=20 >=20 > > > > Gah!! > > This drives me mad! > > > > My cvsup didn't go as I planned, so I reinstalled from scratch yesterda= y. > > Updated my ports-tree and installed proftp and set it up. > > > > I formatted my Sata-discs WITH the logical geometry printed at seagates= site. > > Started a transfer, it lasted 2 hours, then :/ > > Now my whole can is frozen and I can't do anything but restart. > > Somebody, please help! >=20 > I feel your pain buddy. >=20 > I haven't had any trouble yet with my new 5.3 install. I haven't booted > up an SMP kernel yet either. Who knows if that will do the trick. This > is the initial install with the fdisk detected geometry, not the WD > settings. >=20 > I have put the system under some load, but without the SMP kernel I > wasn't able to get the disk humming too much. I even built mozilla in > one shell while rebuilding firefox in another. Building OpenOffice.org > didn't encounter any problems either. >=20 > If all goes well, while I'm at work today, the first stage of buildworld > and buildkernel should be happening. When I get home, I'll finish the > install and see if rebuilding OpenOffice.org works without incident. > Other than that, everything but the BSD version (and my fancy new dual > head setup - happydance!) is the same as my previous 5.2.1 setup that > had me pulling my hair out with disk write based crashes. >=20 > I'll fill you in when I know what happens. > Good luck. > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org =D4=BF=D4=AC >=20 > A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhe= re. > -- Groucho Marx >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Please do! Well, this really sucks... If it's not fixed soon I'll do something drastic, either I pull my thumb out of my ass and switch the hardware from another computer, or I'll..... go over to win98 :/ --=20 Sebastian Holmqvist Webprogrammer / HL2 modder http://cae.hl2files.com
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