Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Oliver Fromme wrote: Uwe Doering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > If they're really identical (i.e. the same size and same > > geometry), then you can use dd(1) for duplication, like > > this: > > > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1 bs=64k conv=noerror,sync > > > > The "

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Uwe Doering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > If they're really identical (i.e. the same size and same > > geometry), then you can use dd(1) for duplication, like > > this: > > > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1 bs=64k conv=noerror,sync > > > > The "noerror,sync" part is

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Oliver Fromme wrote: Zoltan Frombach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apr 29 02:10:14 www kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: > ad0s1a, blkno: 328636, size: 8192 > Apr 29 02:10:24 www kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: > ad0s1e, blkno: 329842, size: 4096 > [...]

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Mike, Thank you so much for the information you have provided. I installed smartmontools from ports, what a great tool! However, I see 0 (zero) Reallocated_Sector_Ct ... So the hard drive seems to be okay? I attach the full output below. Is there someone knowledgeable about HD Smart information

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

At 06:23 AM 29/04/2005, Zoltan Frombach wrote: Apr 29 02:10:24 www kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: ad0s1e, blkno: 329842, size: 4096 As others have said, it looks to be a hard drive about to die. You can get more info with /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools/. It can give some

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Steve, Thank you for your quick response! Try to mirror the disk with dd (if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1 bs=1m) I assume I have to do this in single user mode. Right? You should really think about getting a RAID controller, i can recommend you a 2 channel 3ware controller (less than 100$) Would you pleas

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Zoltan Frombach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apr 29 02:10:14 www kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: > ad0s1a, blkno: 328636, size: 8192 > Apr 29 02:10:24 www kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: > ad0s1e, blkno: 329842, size: 4096 > [...] The error message in

Re: kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Try to mirror the disk with dd (if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad1 bs=1m) You should really think about getting a RAID controller, i can recommend you a 2 channel 3ware controller (less than 100$) Kind regards Steven -- ++ message delivered by gizm0.org ++ free webmail - imap, pop3, ssl

kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer - on 5.3-RELEASE-p5

Hello All, I have a pretty stable FreeBSD 5.3-p5 production server which worked just fine - until today. I host over 100+ web sites on it (Apache + PHP4 + MySQL), email, ftp, etc. There was a time when it was up for over 6 months without a reboot. So it is stable. But today I had a strange probl