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Date:      Sat, 10 May 2003 17:10:57 +0200
From:      Farid Hajji <me@farid-hajji.de>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lockups with dump(8)
Message-ID:  <200305101710.57976.me@farid-hajji.de>
In-Reply-To: <200305100037.30834.me@farid-hajji.de>
References:  <200305092054.32885.me@farid-hajji.de> <3EBC010C.8070409@acm.org> <200305100037.30834.me@farid-hajji.de>

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> > >  [ dump -L causes lockup ]

> > >   ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
> > >   ata0: resetting devices ..

> > Once I fixed the jumpering and swapped in
> > a better hard disk cable, the problems went
> > away.

> Hmmm... I'll try again with other cables.

Problem solved. Using 80 wire cables was _not_
a good idea. Now using 40 wire cables and no more
READ timeout errors. dump(8) was innocent ;-)

Many thanks,

-Farid.

-- 
Farid Hajji -- Unix Systems and Network Management.
http://www.farid-hajji.net/address.html
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." --Edgar Allan Poe.



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