From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 31 01:21:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA00235 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:21:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA00223 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:21:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA00569; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:21:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 01:21:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Edwin de Graaf cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, admin@IAEhv.nl Subject: Re: NCR driver assertion cp failed In-Reply-To: <199703281151.MAA28628@IAEhv.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Edwin de Graaf wrote: > For some time we have been having a problem with a FreeBSD 2.1.6 system, > the problem is that every once in a while (about every two days now) the > system hangs with a stream of messages on the console: > > Assertion "cp" failed: file "../../pci/ncr.c", line 5568 > sd0(ncr0:0:0): command failed (4 28) @f09d9400 > > Does anyone know what exactly this error means (is this a hardware > error on the disk, or the controller, or something else?), and what could > be done about this? We already have replaced the NCR controller without > result. Would upgrading to 2.1.7.1 help? Try bothering hackers@freebsd.org. This is kernel driver trouble and is beyond the scope of this list. Make sure the line is right, I don't see anything there to speak of. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major