From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 10 01:30:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C489216A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:30:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rambo.401.cx (rambo.401.cx [80.65.205.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D972D43D1D for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:30:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (rocky [192.168.0.2]) by rambo.401.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7A1UUhC008084 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:30:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <4118252E.6090905@401.cx> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:30:22 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: freebsd 4.10 ATA problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:30:33 -0000 Hi list. I recently installed FreeBSD 4.9 on a Dell Poweredge 1500SC with dual PIII 1.3GHz, a SCSI drive for the OS and some IDE's for storage. I experienced crashes that seemed to be related to the IDE controller so I cvsuped to latest 4.10, but the problem is still there. Here are the last lines from the log/console: Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ata0: resetting devices .. ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: ATA identify retries exceeded Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: timeout waiting for cmd=c6 s=00 e=00 Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: timeout waiting for cmd=ef s=00 e=00 Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo last message repeated 4 times Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: done Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ata0: resetting devices .. Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad1: removed from configuration Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: done After this, the box freezes, it totally locks up. Its not a panic, it just stops responding. Only way to recover is hard reboot. This seems to happen randomly within 1-5 days uptime, and its not related to heavy loads. I have tried to really put some stress on the IDE drives to force a lockup, but so far they have managed to survive all the torture tests Ive been able to think of. Still, the box has so far never managed more then 5 days without a crash. Do I have a f*cked up IDE controller on this motherboard or is there some setting I can try? Im gratefull for any and all suggestions. -- R