On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 21:04:31 +0100, Sebastian Holmqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:25:18 -0500, Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 11/08/04 08:04 PM, Sebastian Holmqvist sat at the `puter and typed: > > > > > > > "I've been getting WRITE_DMA timeouts in /var/log/messages though, > > > typically 1 to 3 of them before the lockup. Have you noticed any of > > > these?" > > > Nope, nothing of that kind. > > > Can't check for earlier times since I've reinstalled since then. But > > > the error tonight didn't report anything. > > > > > > Please get back to me if you manage to survive any large data-transfers :) > > > In that case; "5.3 HERE I COME" :p > > > > Will do. I've been eagerly awaiting 5.3 to deal with this exact problem. > > > > Typically, building OpenOffice.org will tell one way or another, and it > > should be going on now - unless it's already locked up. I'll find out > > when I get home this evening and let you know. > > > > If it doesn't lock up, I'll try building a couple large packages > > simultaneously (like Mozilla and jdk1.4). That will be the absolute > > indicator. > > > > If it does lock up, I'll be reinstalling some time this week with the > > fdisk geometry forced to that recommended by WD, and running back > > through the disk loads described above. > > > > Lou > > -- > > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > > > This isn't true in practice -- what we've missed out is Stradivarius's > > constant. And then the aside: "For those of you who don't know, that's > > been called by others the fiddle factor..." > > -- From a 1B Electrical Engineering lecture. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > "Will do. I've been eagerly awaiting 5.3 to deal with this exact problem." > You too? :) That's why I haven't touched FreeBSD for so long, I had > this fix idea it was 5.2.1 that screwed me over. > > Don't have my discs as system, so building and that kind of stuff > isn't touched, luckily. > > Since you don't have it when you're transferring files, it probably > has to do with FBSD's compability with SATA controller cards. > I'm doing 'make buildworld' now so that I can easily switch over to > 5.3 later on. > > -- > > Sebastian Holmqvist >
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! -- Sebastian Holmqvist Webprogrammer / HL2 modder http://cae.hl2files.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
