On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:04:47 -0500, Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well Sebastian, it looks like 5.3 has solved all my problems. > > I put my drive under extreme duress last night with a sustained load > of about 22M/s with spikes up to 24 (according to the gkrellm > monitor). This went on for about 20 minutes. Not even a flinch. I'm > pretty well convinced that whatever problem I was having in 5.2.1 is > gone. > > Excellent job by the FreeBSD dev group! (ROUSING APPLAUSE). > > I hope you are able to solve your Promise SATA issues soon. Sorry I > can't help with specifics, but here's what I have: > > Intel ICH5 SATA150 controller > Western Digital WD1600JD-75HBB0/08.02D08 drive (160G) > The motherboard is the Dell Dimension 8300. > > The kernel is smp with much of the cruft ripped out (watch that when > you recycle a 5.2.1 kernel config - there are some new devices that > are needed in 5.3 :) > > I updated to RELENG_5_3 (5.3 with security updates) and rebuilt and > installed world and kernel (with smp). After this, there were only > the usual configuration tweaks to work out. > > Good luck. > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > Nothing is faster than the speed of light ... > To prove this to yourself, try opening the refrigerator door before the > light comes on. > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
I'm happy for you. Well my patience went out last night. Grabbed a nearby computer and ripped it apart, moved all the hardware to the server, gonna test it tomorrow. Wish me luck! -- 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]"