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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!berry.elite.net!almond.elite.net!not-for-mail From: nate@elite.net (Nate Lawson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: SCSI-2 Bus Hangs Date: 25 Dec 1995 17:16:39 -0800 Organization: Elite Networking (Merced, CA) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4bnidn$lej@almond.elite.net> References: <4bju5p$ihj@wilma.widomaker.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nate@elite.net Keywords: SCSI-2 Lockup Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11433 comp.periphs.scsi:43794 Ben Loyall <bloyall@widomaker.com> wrote: >I have a Usenet server that keeps locking up. When it locks, the SCSI-2 >disk in question will have its access light light solidly. The rest of >the machine is still running, but nothing can access the disk. >Eventually, all process block waiting on i/o and the machine is dead. You might want to make sure that you have _not_ enabled MMAP support in your INN server because it is not quite workable in freebsd. >A complete power down is the only cure. This used to happen on average >every 7 days when the drive was controlled by an AHA-1742/I486dx2 combo. >But since going to NCR-8510/IP100, It is usually once every 24 hours. >The only thing I can attribute that to is the speed increase. Also, the NCR chipset is absolute junk. -- | Nate Lawson Elite Networking Admin Merced, CA Area's first Internet | | nate@elite.net (209) 357-4900 Provider.. finger info@elite.net | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------