Hi, Last night I did a buildworld. This morning I found this: $ cd -bash: cd: /home/dan: Device not configured looking at /, it was empty. $ ls /home/ ls: /home/: Device not configured Looking at the console, I found this: http://beta.freebsddiary.org/tmp/mtwenty-console.jpg I rebooted. The system couldn't find the disk. I replaced the IDE drive. Still no disk. Checked the BIOS. The disk wasn't listed so I added it. I also deactivated the floppy because it had been removed yesterday. A reboot was fine. fsck went OK. All seems well now. I'm doing another buildworld, building some ports, and running cvsup on my ports tree to create disk activity. When that finishes, I'm going to run the manufacturer's test program on the drive to see if any problems are found. Was this a hardware failure? System failure? Any recommended courses of action? <please CC: me on all replies> -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: DL> Hi, DL> DL> Last night I did a buildworld. This morning I found this: DL> DL> $ cd DL> -bash: cd: /home/dan: Device not configured DL> DL> looking at /, it was empty. DL> DL> $ ls /home/ DL> ls: /home/: Device not configured DL> DL> Looking at the console, I found this: DL> DL> http://beta.freebsddiary.org/tmp/mtwenty-console.jpg DL> DL> I rebooted. The system couldn't find the disk. I replaced the IDE DL> drive. Still no disk. Checked the BIOS. The disk wasn't listed so DL> I added it. I also deactivated the floppy because it had been DL> removed yesterday. DL> DL> A reboot was fine. fsck went OK. All seems well now. DL> DL> I'm doing another buildworld, building some ports, and running cvsup DL> on my ports tree to create disk activity. DL> DL> When that finishes, I'm going to run the manufacturer's test program DL> on the drive to see if any problems are found. DL> DL> Was this a hardware failure? System failure? Any recommended DL> courses of action? I'd bet a couple of (insert your preferred currency symbol here ;-) that you disc has been failed at your swap area; then, when pager decided to bring back (swapin) some pages it previously swapped out, it complaints. Time to check whether you had backup of good quality ;-) Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On 18 Oct 2003 at 13:39, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > DL> Hi, > DL> > DL> Last night I did a buildworld. This morning I found this: > DL> > DL> $ cd > DL> -bash: cd: /home/dan: Device not configured > DL> > DL> looking at /, it was empty. > DL> > DL> $ ls /home/ > DL> ls: /home/: Device not configured > DL> > DL> Looking at the console, I found this: > DL> > DL> http://beta.freebsddiary.org/tmp/mtwenty-console.jpg > DL> > DL> I rebooted. The system couldn't find the disk. I replaced the IDE > DL> drive. Still no disk. Checked the BIOS. The disk wasn't listed so > DL> I added it. I also deactivated the floppy because it had been > DL> removed yesterday. > DL> > DL> A reboot was fine. fsck went OK. All seems well now. > DL> > DL> I'm doing another buildworld, building some ports, and running cvsup > DL> on my ports tree to create disk activity. > DL> > DL> When that finishes, I'm going to run the manufacturer's test program > DL> on the drive to see if any problems are found. > DL> > DL> Was this a hardware failure? System failure? Any recommended > DL> courses of action? > > I'd bet a couple of (insert your preferred currency symbol here ;-) that you > disc has been failed at your swap area; then, when pager decided to bring back > (swapin) some pages it previously swapped out, it complaints.Since the reboot (20 hours ago), the box has been fine. It's done a few buildworlds, and no problems have been seen. The disk manufacturer's diagnostics tools found nothing wrong with the drive. At this point, I'm suspecting a bad cable (which was replaced), not that I have any firm evidence that was the problem.> Time to check whether you had backup of good quality ;-)It's a fresh install.... There is nothing on it yet which needs a backup. Thanks. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/