Hi list.
I recently installed FreeBSD 4.9 on a Dell Poweredge 1500SC with dual PIII 1.3GHz, a SCSI drive for the OS and some IDE's for storage. I experienced crashes that seemed to be related to the IDE controller so I cvsuped to latest 4.10, but the problem is still there.
Here are the last lines from the log/console:
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ata0: resetting devices .. ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: ATA identify retries exceeded
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: timeout waiting for cmd=c6 s=00 e=00
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: ad1: timeout waiting for cmd=ef s=00 e=00
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo last message repeated 4 times
Aug 10 02:46:54 rambo /kernel: done
Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ata0: resetting devices ..
Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad1: removed from configuration
Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
Aug 10 02:58:07 rambo /kernel: done
After this, the box freezes, it totally locks up. Its not a panic, it just stops responding. Only way to recover is hard reboot. This seems to happen randomly within 1-5 days uptime, and its not related to heavy loads. I have tried to really put some stress on the IDE drives to force a lockup, but so far they have managed to survive all the torture tests Ive been able to think of. Still, the box has so far never managed more then 5 days without a crash.
Do I have a f*cked up IDE controller on this motherboard or is there some setting I can try?
Im gratefull for any and all suggestions.
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