On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:18:39 -0500, Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > > > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > > > > > A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going > > > somewhere. > > > -- Groucho Marx > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > Reliable source, n.: > The guy you just met. > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"