Yes using RAID1. And it looks like you are correct. Hard drive error. Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 27 hours (1 days + 3 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 51 af 00 90 93 e0 Error: IDNF at LBA = 0x00939000 = 9670656 On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Eric Shubert <[email protected]> wrote: > These are essentially the same versions I have on my host. > > This error is intermittent too. For some packages, the problem never > occurs. The first error you posted is from the sandbox. This last run, > everything installed ok in the sandbox, and the error didn't occur until > the upgrade to the live system. It happens to different packages as well. > Definitely something intermittent. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it > doesn't. These types of bugs are terribly difficult to track down, but not > necessarily impossible. > > So either the file really *is* bad, or its not bad and the integrity check > is falsely failing. Because we've observed a package installing > successfully in the sandbox and failing later, my guess is the later (the > check is falsely failing). The rpm file is probably good, but the rpm > program erroneously thinks it's bad. Somehow. > > I wonder, is there perhaps a special character unprintable character in > the filename that we're not seeing? Kinda doubt it, so long as the stock > settings are used. > > I'm beginning to think this may be a hardware problem, like a hard drive > or memory going bad. > > What's the state of your HDD(s)? Do you have raid of any kind? Can you run > smartctl on the drives? How much free space is there? > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > On 10/24/2012 10:22 AM, G V wrote: > >> Here you go. >> rpm -qa | grep rpm | sort >> redhat-rpm-config-8.0.45-32.**el5.centos >> rpm-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 >> rpm-build-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 >> rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 >> rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.**rf >> rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 >> rpm-python-4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 >> >> Eric, thanks for your patience and continued help. This has become a >> long journey. >> George >> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Eric Shubert <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dang. They're identical, which they should be. That's good. >> >> So how does rpm manage to install the packages in the sandbox, but >> chokes on them (sometimes) when installing them in the base system? >> >> I don't think I've run this stuff on COS 5.8 yet. Has anyone updated >> these packages with qtp-newmodel on COS5.8? Please let us know if >> you have. I wouldn't expect a problem with that, but who knows? >> >> Let's have a closer look at your rpm packages: >> # rpm -qa | grep rpm | sort >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> >> On 10/23/2012 10:33 PM, G V wrote: >> >> >> On 10/23/2012 9:47 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> >> Ok, George. Let's keep digging. There's something weird >> going on here. >> >> # cd /usr/src/qtp-upgrade/RPMS >> # ls -l *.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 307536 Oct 23 22:17 >> courier-authlib-toaster-0.59._**_2-1.3.10.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 853017 Oct 23 22:28 >> courier-imap-toaster-4.1.2-1._**_3.10.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2402408 Oct 23 22:28 >> qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.**__0.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33686 Oct 23 22:10 >> qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3._**_22.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 664187 Oct 23 22:10 >> qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.__**i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1181851 Oct 23 22:09 >> vpopmail-toaster-5.4.33-1.4.0.**__i686.rpm >> >> # md5sum *.i686.rpm >> >> ae50283857793c87e937b69d88616e**__e8 >> courier-authlib-toaster-0.59._**_2-1.3.10.i686.rpm >> da9ca074e8eb76206f4bcbf059b432**__9d >> courier-imap-toaster-4.1.2-1._**_3.10.i686.rpm >> 439a9ded3cd44c4dbda4f91a9c0932**__ed >> qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.**__0.i686.rpm >> 16c8295e982013ed8ab37a5ddf1d03**__a8 >> qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3._**_22.i686.rpm >> cb261cd2f41fd41658e55c560d5eb8**__43 >> qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.__**i686.rpm >> fffeb206bb811ed1c2cab7261b47b4**__8b >> vpopmail-toaster-5.4.33-1.4.0.**__i686.rpm >> >> >> >> Then, with sandbox still mounted: >> # cd /mnt/qtp-sandbox/usr/src/__**redhat/RPMS/i686 >> >> # ls -l *.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 307536 Oct 23 22:17 >> courier-authlib-toaster-0.59._**_2-1.3.10.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 853017 Oct 23 22:28 >> courier-imap-toaster-4.1.2-1._**_3.10.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2402408 Oct 23 22:28 >> qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.**__0.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33686 Oct 23 22:10 >> qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3._**_22.i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 664187 Oct 23 22:10 >> qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.__**i686.rpm >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1181851 Oct 23 22:09 >> vpopmail-toaster-5.4.33-1.4.0.**__i686.rpm >> >> # md5sum *.i686.rpm >> >> ae50283857793c87e937b69d88616e**__e8 >> courier-authlib-toaster-0.59._**_2-1.3.10.i686.rpm >> da9ca074e8eb76206f4bcbf059b432**__9d >> courier-imap-toaster-4.1.2-1._**_3.10.i686.rpm >> 439a9ded3cd44c4dbda4f91a9c0932**__ed >> qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.**__0.i686.rpm >> 16c8295e982013ed8ab37a5ddf1d03**__a8 >> qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3._**_22.i686.rpm >> cb261cd2f41fd41658e55c560d5eb8**__43 >> qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.__**i686.rpm >> fffeb206bb811ed1c2cab7261b47b4**__8b >> vpopmail-toaster-5.4.33-1.4.0.**__i686.rpm >> >> >> >> The file sizes and md5sums should be identical. I'm guessing >> they're >> not. 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