Re[2]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-21 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello Martin, Monday, June 20, 2005, 9:09:15 PM, you wrote: M> I just compiled the kernel from May 26th. Works fine. It looks like M> for me it's broken between May 26th and May 30th. M> I tried these kernels: M> 2005-06-16 broken M> 2005-05-31 broken M> 2005-05-30 (00:00:00) broken M> 2005-05-2

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread Matthias Buelow
I wrote: >So, kernel got the DMA error at boot and couldn't mount the root fs. Ah, btw.. it's a SATA disk, on an ICH6 SATA150 controller. mkb. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsub

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread Matthias Buelow
Jayton Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I had a similar problem and i changed system cases where i was getting a >ICRC error and FreeBSD refused to load or even mount the root fs, it was >also giving errors with something to do with the ATA something or other, >it turned out to be the cable

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread Martin
twesky wrote: > My laptop works fine with Fedora Core 4. I'm not sure it's a hardware > issue, and I don't have an identical laptop to test. Do we know the > last working stable version? I just compiled the kernel from May 26th. Works fine. It looks like for me it's broken between May 26th and M

ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread twesky
My laptop works fine with Fedora Core 4. I'm not sure it's a hardware issue, and I don't have an identical laptop to test. Do we know the last working stable version? - actually, that makes a lot of sense. my computer running FreeBSD is actually just an

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread JM
Jayton Garnett wrote: I had a similar problem and i changed system cases where i was getting a ICRC error and FreeBSD refused to load or even mount the root fs, it was also giving errors with something to do with the ATA something or other, it turned out to be the cable i used after rebuilding

Re[2]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello Jayton, Monday, June 20, 2005, 3:46:20 PM, you wrote: JG> I had a similar problem and i changed system cases where i was getting a JG> ICRC error and FreeBSD refused to load or even mount the root fs, it was JG> also giving errors with something to do with the ATA something or other, JG> it

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!) (JM)

2005-06-20 Thread Jayton Garnett
I had a similar problem and i changed system cases where i was getting a ICRC error and FreeBSD refused to load or even mount the root fs, it was also giving errors with something to do with the ATA something or other, it turned out to be the cable i used after rebuilding the system in the new

Re[4]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Bob Bishop
At 13:19 20/06/2005, Tony Byrne wrote: Hello Bob, BB> It didn't to me either. Note the use of 'mysterious' :-) BB> I'd eliminated drives and cables, and then did it all over again when the BB> failure went hard, leaving the controller (or something else on the mobo). BB> With a new mobo all the

Re[4]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello Bob, BB> It didn't to me either. Note the use of 'mysterious' :-) BB> I'd eliminated drives and cables, and then did it all over again when the BB> failure went hard, leaving the controller (or something else on the mobo). BB> With a new mobo all the annoying timeouts which I'd put down to d

Re[3]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Bob Bishop
At 12:12 20/06/2005, Tony Byrne wrote: Hello Bob, >>can be hardware reasons for timeouts such as a dying disk or cable, >>but I think we've eliminated these in our case. [etc] BB> Don't ignore the possibility of failing controller hardware. We had BB> comparable mysterious problems on a client

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread JM
Tony Byrne wrote: Hello Bob, can be hardware reasons for timeouts such as a dying disk or cable, but I think we've eliminated these in our case. [etc] BB> Don't ignore the possibility of failing controller hardware. We had BB> comparable mysterious problems on a client system, cau

Re[3]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello Bob, >>can be hardware reasons for timeouts such as a dying disk or cable, >>but I think we've eliminated these in our case. [etc] BB> Don't ignore the possibility of failing controller hardware. We had BB> comparable mysterious problems on a client system, causing a lot of BB> head-scratc

Re[2]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Bob Bishop
At 11:09 20/06/2005, Tony Byrne wrote: [...] Of course, there can be hardware reasons for timeouts such as a dying disk or cable, but I think we've eliminated these in our case. [etc] Don't ignore the possibility of failing controller hardware. We had comparable mysterious problems on a client

Re[2]: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-20 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello twesky, t> atapci0: port t> 0x1860-0x186f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on t> pci0 t> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 t> ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 t> The last known good stable version for me was aprox April 25, my next t> cvsup was May 17, but I have problems with 5.4 R

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-19 Thread twesky
Here is my controller: atapci0: port 0x1860-0x186f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 The last known good stable version for me was aprox April 25, my next cvsup was May 17, but I have problems with 5.4 Release so I

Re: ATA_DMA errors (and fs corruption!)

2005-06-19 Thread Martin
twesky wrote: > I am having ATA_DMA errors on 5.4R and 5 STABLE up to June 16 (haven't > done a cvsup again). It doesn't happen on 5.3R or lower. I have got same problem. I tried yesterday's kernel and I got lots of ATA DMA errors. A question: do you have a VIA IDE controller like mine? atapci0: