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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:17:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
Cc:        dillon@apollo.backplane.com, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: another ufs panic..
Message-ID:  <199903292217.AAA03483@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199903291726.DAA01363@cheops.anu.edu.au> from Darren Reed at "Mar 30, 1999  3:26: 1 am"

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As Darren Reed wrote ...
> In some mail from Matthew Dillon, sie said:
> > 
> >     I will repeat:  please upgrade to the latest 2.2.x or upgrade
> >     to the latest -stable ( 3.x ), known bugs related to these sorts
> >     of error messages have been fixed since 2.2.8.
> 
> What's the easiest way to upgrade to the latest set of 2.2.8 srcs ?
> Just grab the latest kernel src tarballs and compile a new kernel ?
> 
> >     Personally speaking, I never trust ZIP or CDROM drives on the same
> >     SCSI bus as my hard disks.  However, unless you are getting SCSI
> >     error messages before the panic, the SCSI system is probably not the
> >     cause of your problems.
> 
> There have been *NO* SCSI error messages.

Which does not *have* to mean anything. Glitches on the control lines on the
SCSI bus can cause devices to latch wrong data from that same bus.
Guess what ufs thinks of this ;-)

But admittedly, this is rare. So, it is probably safe to assume 
there is another cause for your grief.

Groeten / Cheers,
Wilko
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