On Aug 13 02:33:09, frantisek holop wrote:
> hi there,
>
> i welcome everyone reading this mail with the hollywood plot like
> subject line.
>
> here's what's happening, plain and simple: during the upgrade process,
> for some months now --- every couple of week i upgrade to -current ---
> the upgrade process stops/stalls always exactly at 77% of base46.tgz.
> no amount of waiting helps. the script has to be interrupted and then
> started again in which case it finishes as if nothing has ever happened.
>
> the destination (wd0a) is checked with fsck during the upgrade process,
> the flash disk (sd0a) i am installing from has been checked with fsck.
> i think corrupt files/archives/file systems can be ruled out.
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <SILICONMOTION SM223AC>
> wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 3815MB, 7815024 sectors
> wd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
How long have you been waiting after the stall? Seriously.
I wouldn't be surprised if it took this card a _long_ time
before making the next write.
Jan
