Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:15:29 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: erorrs from spec_getpages Message-ID: <20031018191155.K6850@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <3F90F7E2.12674.7D7B961@localhost> References: <3F8FBBC7.10222.304EFA2@localhost> <3F90F7E2.12674.7D7B961@localhost>
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: DL> > DL> http://beta.freebsddiary.org/tmp/mtwenty-console.jpg DL> > DL> DL> > DL> I rebooted. The system couldn't find the disk. I replaced the IDE DL> > DL> drive. Still no disk. Checked the BIOS. The disk wasn't listed so ~~~~~~~~ This sentense put in in wrong assumption. DL> > DL> I added it. I also deactivated the floppy because it had been DL> > DL> removed yesterday. DL> > DL> DL> > DL> A reboot was fine. fsck went OK. All seems well now. DL> > DL> DL> > DL> I'm doing another buildworld, building some ports, and running cvsup DL> > DL> on my ports tree to create disk activity. DL> > DL> DL> > DL> When that finishes, I'm going to run the manufacturer's test program DL> > DL> on the drive to see if any problems are found. DL> > DL> DL> > DL> Was this a hardware failure? System failure? Any recommended DL> > DL> courses of action? DL> > DL> > I'd bet a couple of (insert your preferred currency symbol here ;-) that you DL> > disc has been failed at your swap area; then, when pager decided to bring back DL> > (swapin) some pages it previously swapped out, it complaints. DL> DL> Since the reboot (20 hours ago), the box has been fine. It's done a DL> few buildworlds, and no problems have been seen. The disk DL> manufacturer's diagnostics tools found nothing wrong with the drive. DL> At this point, I'm suspecting a bad cable (which was replaced), not DL> that I have any firm evidence that was the problem. Well I was in impression you've swapped out the disk, not cable, hence my assumption. Sure it may be wrong cable; however, I suppose at least some ATA errors should be logged somewhere before spec_getpages... Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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