Re: Infrequent disk system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8

2006-03-08 Thread Steve Watt
(OK, I'm *waaay* behind on -hackers.) In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >We have an older server, running 5.4-RELEASE-p8 and used primarily >for email, which hangs every couple of weeks. The hang seems to >be in the disk I/O system. Based on the times of the hangs, the >triggering event seems t

Infrequent disk system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8

2006-02-21 Thread Michael R. Wayne
We have an older server, running 5.4-RELEASE-p8 and used primarily for email, which hangs every couple of weeks. The hang seems to be in the disk I/O system. Based on the times of the hangs, the triggering event seems to be running dump. We have a serial console set up, I broke to the debugger a