Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:38:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: DrVince <drvince@anonymnet.net> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.2-CURRENT constantly crashing Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040722083809.69594D-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20040722114646.M69035@anonymnet.net>
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, DrVince wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:23:53 +0200, Jan Lentfer wrote > > i am running 5.2-CURRENT on an old 4x PPRO (200) Amdahl EnVista Server. > > The system is constantly crashing under heavy load for about 2-3 > > month now. Since all drives are connected to a Mylex Raid Controller, > > I can't get any kernel dumps :(. > > I've been reporting this for a while. I have all new hardware and > running 2 IDE local drives, nothing's faulty. Everything is working > fine now that I have downgraded to 5.2.1. I have no kernel dump either > since it's a problem with software disk write buffer. But, at least, you > get a message of what could be the problem, I only got dead freezes. > For me, it wasn't heavy loads that was crashing it, but only buffers > getting full. I recently disabled sync-on-panic, which may increase the reliability of dumping. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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