Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:56:09 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fpscha@via-net-works.net.ar> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System freezing, IDE HD suspected Message-ID: <379FC2C9.232AEF17@3-cities.com> References: <199907272317.UAA20742@ns1.sminter.com.ar>
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Fernando Schapachnik wrote: > > Hello: > I have a system running 2.2.8 with two IDE (Caviar) HDs. > Suddenly, it freezes, leaving nothing on either syslog (even debug!) or > console. I have had that happen and it went away when I upgraded the cpu, motherboard, video, and memory. I really thought it was motherboard/video related. It had problems with more than one bank of memory. There wasn't any point in puting more money into it. It was a P 166 and it is now a Celeron 433, which runs some of my applications about 1/3 slower than my PII-400's. I used the same HD's (WD - Caviar's) and NIC in the new system and I didn't have any problem. Someone had a sequence to replace hardware and test for such failures. If it was your HD, I would a assume a fsck would find a problem area. I would also expect some IDE error's or recovery's before the hang. I had a WD 3.1GB Caviar die and it left tracks in the system log. This doesn't mean I don't think it is your HD. I just think other things could be causing it. You probably can't find out which one it is with out substituting one thing at a time. I would re-seat your cards so that everything has a new connection. Dust can collect and cause problems. I live in a dusty area and the dust seems to work its way down in between the PC Card and edge connection because of vibrations from things such as fans, HD's and etc. I had one system that was sensitive that way but none of the others were. Re-seating the cards was where we started trying to diagnose a system problem. Kent > > I suspect it's HD failure, as I've seen similar behavior when such > a thing happens. The problem is, there are two disks. Is there any way I > can tell the system to be "more verbose" so as I can see a message > telling which was the file or disk it could not read/write? Is there any > other way I can get that info? > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Fernando P. Schapachnik > Administración de la red > VIA Net Works Argentina SA > Diagonal Roque Sáenz Peña 971, 4º y 5º piso. > 1035 - Capital Federal, Argentina. > (54-11) 4323-3333 > http://www.via-net-works.net.ar > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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