FreeBSD 7.0 reboots on Dell 2950

Proskurin Kirill proskurin-kv at fxclub.org
Tue Jan 27 06:33:43 PST 2009


Michael Toth wrote:
> 
> Proskurin Kirill wrote:
>> Michael Toth wrote:
>>> Proskurin Kirill wrote:
>>>> Hello all.
>>>>
>>>> What we have:
>>>> Dell 2950 with FreeBSD-7.0-p9 on it.
>>>> It work as mail server(Exim+Dovecot and so on).
>>>> All latest version from ports.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After start a production use - it is start to reboot 3-4 times a day
>>>> with no reason. We think what it is a hardware problem.
>>>>
>>>> We swap RAM - not helps.
>>>> We swap chassis - not helps.
>>>> I rebiuld all ports - not helps.
>>>> (well i notice what it start to be more stable - 1 reboot in 1-2 days)
>>>>
>>>> In attach screens of error what i have to catch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can someone say - what it can be or how to find what may cause this?
>>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>  Are you by any chance running 'megarc' to check your raid controller ?
>>>
>> Hm
>>
>> Port:   megarc-1.51
>> Path:   /usr/ports/sysutils/megarc
>> Info:   LSI Logic's MegaRAID controlling software
>> Maint:  gerrit.beine at gmx.de
>> B-deps:
>> R-deps:
>> WWW:    http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/
>>
>> Do you think it can work with Dell controller?
>>
> I know it works w/ the Dell controllers, I have also had issues with it
> where it randomly made my machines (all Power Edge 2950 running 7.x) 
> core dump

mail# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/megarc
mail# make install clean
===>  megarc-1.51 is marked as broken: Running megarc seems to cause 
memory corruption.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/megarc.
mail#

Hm. Do I really need it? :-)

-- 
Best regards,
Proskurin Kirill


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