atom feed4 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hardwareRe: Intel 024B server deadlock
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Rashid N. AchilovJul 31, 2009 1:05 am 
Olivier NicoleJul 31, 2009 1:54 am 
Rashid N. AchilovAug 2, 2009 7:44 pm 
Jonas LundAug 3, 2009 6:51 am 
Subject:Re: Intel 024B server deadlock
From:Jonas Lund (whiz@gmail.com)
Date:Aug 3, 2009 6:51:19 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-hardware

Tried checking smart stats on the disk? these timeout messages are quite common to happen when a disk is nearing death (Ignored it myself once.. stupid move)

2009/8/3 Rashid N. Achilov <achi@askd.ru>:

On Friday 31 July 2009, Olivier Nicole wrote:

Hi,

Intel server (configuration below) with 4 SCSI and one IDE drives. When I try to READ big archive file (i.e. 150-180 Mb) idependently, through tar -xf filename.tar or reading through Samba, from IDE drive (ad0) box throws a message

Jul 30 16:11:38 svr-63 kernel: ad0: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=151318527

Just a wild guess, but what about trying to change your BIOS settings for the IDE disk, like disable DMA? Or a firware upgrade of that ServerWorks ROSB4 UDMA33 controller?

Probably, I'll try to do this. But I'm confused that - it isn't new server, on the contrary, about 3-4 years it was our Windows Domain Controller and works fine.