Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:42:43 +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: <52aaba24041110114261444559@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041110191839.GD39219@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> <52aaba2404111010297570f1a3@mail.gmail.com> <20041110191839.GD39219@keyslapper.org>
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:18:39 -0500, Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> wrote: > On 11/10/04 07:29 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed: >=20 >=20 > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gah!! > > > > This drives me mad! > > > > > > > > My cvsup didn't go as I planned, so I reinstalled from scratch yest= erday. > > > > Updated my ports-tree and installed proftp and set it up. > > > > > > > > I formatted my Sata-discs WITH the logical geometry printed at seag= ates 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! > > > > > > I feel your pain buddy. > > > > > > I haven't had any trouble yet with my new 5.3 install. I haven't boo= ted > > > up an SMP kernel yet either. Who knows if that will do the trick. T= his > > > is the initial install with the fdisk detected geometry, not the WD > > > settings. > > > > > > 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 i= n > > > one shell while rebuilding firefox in another. Building OpenOffice.o= rg > > > didn't encounter any problems either. > > > > > > If all goes well, while I'm at work today, the first stage of buildwo= rld > > > and buildkernel should be happening. When I get home, I'll finish th= e > > > install and see if rebuilding OpenOffice.org works without incident. > > > Other than that, everything but the BSD version (and my fancy new dua= l > > > 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. > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going som= ewhere. > > > -- Groucho Marx > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freeb= sd.org" > > > > > > > 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 > Blasphemer!! :) >=20 > IIRC you're having this problem under 5.2.1, right? It might be worth > the time to just jump to 5.3. >=20 > Another idea, if your CPU is an HT processor, and your kernel is built > with SMP, try booting to the GENERIC kernel without SMP. I know the > GENERIC kernel has SMP in the config, but there's another option > escaping me right now that overrides it. If the problem goes away, it > could be the SMP kernel (in 5.2.1 at least). >=20 > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org =D4=BF=D4=AC >=20 > Reliable source, n.: > The guy you just met. >=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 As I said in the previous mail, I switched to 5.3 last night. And I'm running the GENERIC. Restarted my server now, and I go these failues from the two sata-discs, dunno if it's fsck that's kicking in :/ ata3-master: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA timed out etc etc Now it's locked up again :( Thinking of switching hardware with my old lover, the Thunderbird 800. --=20 Sebastian Holmqvist Webprogrammer / HL2 modder http://cae.hl2files.com
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