Strange issue with Samba on 8.0rc1
David Ehrmann
ehrmann at gmail.com
Sun Oct 25 22:05:12 UTC 2009
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Ivan Voras <ivoras at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Sorry, but I can only give you generic ideas:
> - It is unlikely that the storage media (flash) with FreeBSD has
> errors in such a way that would cause this subtle error
>
I agree about the flash. I would expect it to fail in blocks, and if it
were out of spare blocks, almost everything would be acting strange. I can
probably test for this by comparing files in /usr/obj and /usr.
- Can you try a "known good" FreeBSD 8 configuration? I.e. from a Live
> CD or USB media? The "live" edition has csup and everything else you
> could need.
>
That's a good idea, and the next thing I'll try.
- Can you try a simple cheap "known good" NIC? I see that retail
> Realtek-based PCI NICs sell for less than $10.
>
I'd have to choose between PCI-E and USB, and the PCI-E is tricky because
the case doesn't have a cutout for it. I did try the vr0 interface, too
(but not exclusively; I left the vge interface up), and it had the same
problems. Since these things are usually wired directly to the Southbridge,
a problem in the Southbridge driver would show up with any PCI(E) device.
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