Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-06 Thread Kaya Saman
[...] PS: I don't suppose anyone knows a real good simple blow by blow total newby dialog, as to how to realiably and correctly create and setup Jails on FreeBSD 8.0? All the man pages I've found so far, are way over my head. Good "Reference" material admittedly, but no good as an instruction

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-06 Thread Dave
On 5 Jun 2011 at 16:55, Michael Powell wrote: > per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > [snip] > > > > Power supplies do fail occasionally, and not always in obvious > > ways such as failing to turn on at all. The output voltages may be > > a little too high or too low, or they may be correct but with >

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Michael Powell
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: [snip] > > Power supplies do fail occasionally, and not always in obvious > ways such as failing to turn on at all. The output voltages may > be a little too high or too low, or they may be correct but with > excessive ripple or electrical noise; or the supply may be

Re: [direct] Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Kaya Saman
p messing with the blessed things! I have a sick Land Rover to fix too. Gearbox rear oil seal, also rear drive shaft UJ's. At least I can use big hammers on that sometimes... (Therapy!) Oh, the grass needs cutting, and I'm now also under instruction to change the bed, when the cat's

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Kaya Saman
On 06/05/2011 03:48 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Kaya Saman wrote: Did you apply any updates shortly before it started to fail? No updates! I did however, install unrar through ports. Intuitively, that seems unlikely to have triggered the problem. This doesn't sou

[direct] Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-05 Thread Dave
so much nicer if you don't have to keep messing with the blessed things! I have a sick Land Rover to fix too. Gearbox rear oil seal, also rear drive shaft UJ's. At least I can use big hammers on that sometimes... (Therapy!) Oh, the grass needs cutting, and I'm now also under

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-04 Thread perryh
Kaya Saman wrote: > > Did you apply any updates shortly before it started to fail? > > No updates! I did however, install unrar through ports. Intuitively, that seems unlikely to have triggered the problem. > I remember on other boards that went on me in the past with > capacitor issues, a bunc

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-04 Thread Kaya Saman
[...] Hmmm Hard drives do not like heat! Check the PSU voltages with a meter, for accuracy and ripple. Failing SMPS's can do all sorts of odd things. Capacitor problems. Been there done that. They can be changed for very low cost, other than your time. DaveB You might guess by know, I k

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-04 Thread Dave
On 4 Jun 2011 at 10:52, Kaya Saman wrote: > Many thanks for the response! > > On 06/04/2011 02:00 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Kaya Saman wrote: > > > > > >> I have an ancient pre-HT PIV machine with<500MB RAM. > >> ... > >> Everything was running fine until round about 2 days > >> a

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-04 Thread Dave
On 3 Jun 2011 at 15:09, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > I have an ancient pre-HT PIV machine with <500MB RAM. > > The system has an extra PCI->SATA card installed so I can make use of > modern high capacity drives. > > Everything was running fine until round about 2 days ago when the > system star

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-04 Thread Kaya Saman
Many thanks for the response! On 06/04/2011 02:00 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Kaya Saman wrote: I have an ancient pre-HT PIV machine with<500MB RAM. ... Everything was running fine until round about 2 days ago when the system started locking up on me? ... is there anyway to fix the

Re: Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-03 Thread perryh
Kaya Saman wrote: > I have an ancient pre-HT PIV machine with <500MB RAM. > ... > Everything was running fine until round about 2 days > ago when the system started locking up on me? > > ... is there anyway to fix the kernel error quickly? Did you apply any updates shortly before it started to f

Strange system lockups - kernel saying disk error

2011-06-03 Thread Kaya Saman
Hi, I have an ancient pre-HT PIV machine with <500MB RAM. The system has an extra PCI->SATA card installed so I can make use of modern high capacity drives. Everything was running fine until round about 2 days ago when the system started locking up on me? Current drive configuration for