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From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Strange error scsi msg. on console
Date: 23 Jun 1996 06:59:29 GMT
Organization: CICDO
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References: <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu>
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In article <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu>,
Michael White  <mdwhite@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>Hi, we have a computer here running FreeBSD 2.1 (stable, I think) and we
>are getting a strange error message from the scsi hard drive.  The
>message reads:
>
>init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv3
>sleeping 30 seconds
>
>and then messages like "last message repeated 4 times" or "...20 times"
>and it sounds like the hard drive is accessed every 30 seconds (all
>day long).  Anybody have any idea what might be up?  

Check to see that all inputs on your COM ports are terminated
(i.e. not floating).