FBSD 2.5.1-p11 | Promise SATA150 TX2plus | Seagate B 200GB - BAD SUPERBLK / Machine freezes up etc

[Sebastian Holmqvist]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:42:43 +0100, Sebastian Holmqvist
<sebastian.holmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:18:39 -0500, Louis LeBlanc
> 
> 
> <freebsd at keyslapper.org> wrote:
> > On 11/10/04 07:29 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed:
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:25:18 -0500, Louis LeBlanc
> > > <freebsd at 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 yesterday.
> > > > > 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!
> > > >
> > > > I feel your pain buddy.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > I'll fill you in when I know what happens.
> > > > Good luck.
> > > > Lou
> > > > --
> > > > Louis LeBlanc               FreeBSD at keyslapper.org
> > > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
> > > > http://www.keyslapper.org                     Ô¿Ô¬
> > > >
> > > > A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
> > > >     -- Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > 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 :/
> >
> > Blasphemer!! :)
> >
> > IIRC you're having this problem under 5.2.1, right?  It might be worth
> > the time to just jump to 5.3.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > Lou
> > --
> > Louis LeBlanc               FreeBSD at keyslapper.org
> > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
> > http://www.keyslapper.org                     Ô¿Ô¬
> >
> > Reliable source, n.:
> >   The guy you just met.
> >
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> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> --
> Sebastian Holmqvist
> Webprogrammer / HL2 modder
> http://cae.hl2files.com
> 

Hey, I found this just now, might be something?
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-August/002921.html
-- 
Sebastian Holmqvist
Webprogrammer / HL2 modder
http://cae.hl2files.com