Lockups with dump(8)

[Farid Hajji]

> > >  [ dump -L causes lockup ]

> > >   ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
> > >   ata0: resetting devices ..

> > Once I fixed the jumpering and swapped in
> > a better hard disk cable, the problems went
> > away.

> Hmmm... I'll try again with other cables.

Problem solved. Using 80 wire cables was _not_
a good idea. Now using 40 wire cables and no more
READ timeout errors. dump(8) was innocent ;-)

Many thanks,

-Farid.

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