Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:02:55 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: evanc@synapse.net Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with 2940 Message-ID: <199506121332.XAA22386@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199506112318.TAA17166@sentinel.synapse.net> from "Evan Champion" at Jun 11, 95 07:18:29 pm
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Evan Champion stands accused of saying: > Problem: mild filesystem corruption. It appears that on write a bit > Both the internal and external SCSI bus are properly terminated and > we're using high quality cables. I lowered the transfer rate from 10 > MB/s to 5 MB/s with no change. I suspect that the problem is with the > 2940 or the driver for the 2940 because SCSI bus parity should detect > the single bit errors that I am experiencing. > > I hope someone out there is having this problem to so I don't feel > that I'm going crazy :-) Any suggestions as to what to look for and > change would be very appreciated. Start by enabling (if possible) memory parity checking for your M/B. Then pull the 2940 and clean the contacts. Move it to a different slot. Make sure you actually _do_ have SCSI parity enabled. Wave a dead chicken three times widdershins around the case. > Evan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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