Hi,
last week, I wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 4/490 running 4.1.3 that has a IPI disk drive for /, swap, and /usr
>
> Lately the machine has been crashing daily with the following error messages
> in the messages file:
>
>
>
> cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Response Extent. id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Response Extent.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 672864 (1207914 abs): read: Response Extent. id000g: block 672864 (1207914 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 672864 (1207914 abs): read: Response Extent.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Response Extent. id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 1142448 (1677498 abs): read: Response Extent.
> Jun 11 09:11:15 cyclops vmunix: id000g: block 672864 (1207914 abs): read: Response Extent. id000g: block 672864 (1207914 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check.
>
> THis is obviously either a disk drive or a disk controller problem, but which
> is it ??
>
> It's not just these two blocks, other blocks are involved as well.
>
>
> Please give me your opinion. My gut reaction is that it's the disk drive, but
> It's an old system and I would like to avoid rebuilding the disk if I can help
> it ...
We'll I didn't get too many responses, which I guess means that not too many
people are still using these drives. Most of the people who responded said that
It's probably the disk and not the controller, so I decided to swap disks
last wednesday nite. Fortunately, I was able to get a good dump of the
filesystems off of this disk first so it wasn't too much of a headache.
Anyway, after replacing the disk, the problem has gone away.
Thanks to:
cgates@fnoc.navy.mil
kevin@uniq.com.au
martin@gea.hsr.it
mhr@pivot.sbi.com
cciolori@tatca.tc.faa.gov
SWingtan@vttsvic1.telecom.com.au
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_ /| Dave Haut
\,o.O' Sys Admin
=(___)= EXAR Corporation
U dave@exar.com
(408) 434-6400 x3462
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