Re: Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386

2006-02-24 Thread Doug Ambrisko
Kris Kennaway writes: | On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:44:46PM -0600, Greg Rivers wrote: | > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael R. Wayne wrote: | > | > >Been fighting this for a while. We have an older server, running | > >5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 and used primarily for email, which hangs every | > >couple of w

Re: Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386

2006-02-23 Thread Greg Rivers
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: I believe this issue has made it onto the show-stopper list for 6.1-RELEASE and is being actively worked on. It's on the todo list, but I don't think it's being worked on yet. The main problem is that we need a way to reproduce it on command. I'd forgo

Re: Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386

2006-02-23 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 04:44:46PM -0600, Greg Rivers wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > > >Been fighting this for a while. We have an older server, running > >5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 and used primarily for email, which hangs every > >couple of weeks. The hang seems to be in the

Re: Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386

2006-02-23 Thread Greg Rivers
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Michael R. Wayne wrote: Been fighting this for a while. We have an older server, running 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 and used primarily for email, which hangs every couple of weeks. The hang seems to be in the disk I/O system; pings succeed, and I can continue get a login: prompt

Disk I/O system hang on 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386

2006-02-23 Thread Michael R. Wayne
Been fighting this for a while. We have an older server, running 5.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 and used primarily for email, which hangs every couple of weeks. The hang seems to be in the disk I/O system; pings succeed, and I can continue get a login: prompt on the console until I enter a login at which t