From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 17:04:50 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 E30C416A4D0 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:04:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CEC43D58 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:04:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.166.57]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041113170449.TMBC3485.out003.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:04:49 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iADH4lX7081404 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:04:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iADH4lVG081403 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:04:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:04:47 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041113170447.GA61338@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <52aaba2404111010133dbd0d5f@mail.gmail.com> <20041110182518.GB39219@keyslapper.org> <52aaba2404111010297570f1a3@mail.gmail.com> <20041110191839.GD39219@keyslapper.org> <52aaba24041110114261444559@mail.gmail.com> <52aaba2404111013296a372453@mail.gmail.com> <20041110214013.GE39219@keyslapper.org> <52aaba240411101354402c4c86@mail.gmail.com> <20041110225421.GF39219@keyslapper.org> <52aaba2404111014574e5b9ba@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <52aaba2404111014574e5b9ba@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [68.163.166.57] at Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:04:48 -0600 Subject: Re: FBSD 2.5.1-p11 | Promise SATA150 TX2plus | Seagate B 200GB - BAD SUPERBLK / Machine freezes up etc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:04:51 -0000 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 FreeBSD@keyslapper.org 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.