Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:12 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Brian McCann <bjmccann@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer Message-ID: <3EC78ACF-EC2C-4E4A-8875-E684BF26B1E1@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <2b5f066d0711120738p6de5d875ib9c734640b4ba7d7@mail.gmail.com> References: <2b5f066d0711120738p6de5d875ib9c734640b4ba7d7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 12, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Brian McCann wrote: > Hi all. I'm sure some of you have seen this, and I'm looking for some > advice. I've got 2 servers now that will completely lockup (one is > 6.1-p4, the other 6.2-p7), and just display this on the console: > > swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 33, size: 4096 > > It repeats and continues to be frozen until I reboot the machine. It means that the swap system was unable to retrieve info from the disk in a reasonable period of time, and generally is a strong sign that the disk drive is in the final stages of failing. Running smartmonutils or a manufacturer's test utility is recommended.... -- -Chuck
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