* Jeremy Chadwick <free...@jdc.parodius.com> [2009-11-12]:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:33:08AM +0100, Hans F. Nordhaug wrote:
> > Suddenly /bin/sh started to crash all the time with core dumps. I'm
> > running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p4 (i386) and I have not updated anything
> > lately. The /bin/sh binary seems to be untouched. It might be some
> > hardware trouble, but the machine seems to run OK now. (I had to
> > replace /bin/sh with a symlink to /rescue/sh.)
> >
> > I would like to track down the problem, but running sh I only get
> > "Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)". I would be happy to run
> > gdb and give you a backtrace. Any clues?
> >
> > PS! I tried to run "freebsd-update IDS" to see if any files are
> > broken, but it stops at
> > Inspecting system... sha256: ///boot/kernel/utopia.ko.symbols: Input/output
> > error
>
> Hardware problem. Take your pick: bad RAM, bad hard disk, bad
> motherboard, bad PSU, bad cabling.
>
> You can rule out hard disk problems by installing smartmontools from
> ports (sysutils/smartmontools). Please provide output from the
> following command:
>
> smartctl -a /dev/{disk}
Thx for the infp about smartmontools. The only problem I found was:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED
WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 001 001 045 Old_age Always
FAILING_NOW 253
Don't know if this is a serious problem.
Hans
PS! The disk is of type
Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Second Generation Serial ATA family
Device Model: WDC WD2500JS-55NCB1
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