Bart Silverstrim writes: > Obvious concern is that it is a warning that something's wrong (or not > set up correctly) and it may fail or cause problems down the road.
Who can tell me _exactly_ what it means? > Well, is there a way to dump the code from that controller and compare > it to another one that is known not to be tampered with by the OEM? I don't know. > No, but you eliminate the obvious and the easiest-to-fix parts first. The hardware is neither obvious nor easy to fix. > Digging through source code and going through debug cycles for legacy > hardware isn't exactly time well spent by most sane opinions, when the > fix could be a ten minute swap of a drive or something like that. If I knew the source code, resolving the problem would probably take about ten minutes. > Actually, I think most troubleshooters would get another processor > first (or check that cooling was adequate to the CPU and memory) if > that was what fixed it last time. Next would be memory. So right off > the bat you have fans to check, processor, and memory. None of which > are the fault of the OS, all very likely culprits. I replaced the entire machine, except for a few components: the floppy disk drive, the CD drives, and the original disk (which, oddly enough, is _not_ the one generating the SATA errors). > That's an interesting philosophy. I already posted about Linux > messaging that the controller was in need of constant resets. The > drive was *FAILING*. NT didn't say anything. If you like sticking > your head in a hole then go ahead and comment out the code that give > the error and all will be well. Most UNIX people like having > diagnostic errors in the logs to troubleshoot things. If you have backups, you'll survive. It's nice to have warnings, but not a hundred times a day at 30 pages each. Nor are warnings much good when they freeze or crash the system. > Can you contact whoever the developer is that's in charge of SCSI work? Isn't that what this list is for? > Haven't you ever used Knoppix? It's liveboot. This machine won't boot from a CD. > You're telling me you've never heard of it before? I've heard of it, but this machine won't boot from a CD. > Did you even look at the link/google searches I sent previously for > people to ponder over with some critical thinking, the Shatter attack > and Why I Hate MS pages? These pages will not resolve my problem. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
