Re: stability of Cobalt Qube 2

[Erik Berls <cyber%netbsd.org@localhost>]

I've seen that the powersupply can be an issue with the Cubes, though
not having one to test is a bit of a challenge.

Do you remember what the symptoms of an underspec'ed powersupply?
(could that be the issue with the OP?)

Also, do you remember the nature of your crash?

-=erik.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 18:34, Claudio Leiva <cleivas%cox.net@localhost> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a Qube 2 which I use as web/ftp/media/samba server with 3 drives 
> (10x2.5", 160x2.5" and 750x3.5") and 256 mb of ram running 5.1 generic with 
> an aftermarket psu  and I can also say that it is stable but very slow on 
> network transfers, I fixed previous stability issues using cron to reboot the 
> system every month, before that stayed up with maximum uptime of 170+ days 
> before it crashed.
>
> Network as I said before is slow, I use the 750  gb as a backup for 6 
> computers/laptops and it takes some time but at the end it does his job.
>
> For what I need the qube does a very good job, hope you can fix your issues.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Claudio Leiva S
> Las Vegas, Nevada
> USA
> http://cleiva.no-ip.com
> (Powered by NetBSD for Cobalt)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-cobalt-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost 
> [mailto:port-cobalt-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost] On Behalf Of 
> kenneth.westelinck%telenet.be@localhost
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:33 AM
> To: port-cobalt%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: stability of Cobalt Qube 2
>
> All,
>
> Thank you for your answers. My setup is as follows (you can also see this in 
> images on http://kennywest.blogspot.com/2010/02/story-of-cobalt-qube.html):
> - one CF to IDE adapter (containing NetBSD base install), master
> - one 320 GB hard drive containing some Linux partitions, slave
>
> Base install went like a breeze and it boots fine (320 GB drive 
> disconnected). But, whenever I connect the 320 GB drive, I get this:
> VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB Controller (USB serial bus, revision 0x02) at 
> pci0 dev 9 function 2 not configured
> tlp1 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
> tlp1: interrupting at level 2
> tlp1: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:3c:5d
> lxtphy1 at tlp1 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
> lxtphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <SanDisk SDCFB-1024>
> wd0: 977 MB, 1986 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2001888 sectors
> wd1 at atabus0 drive 1: <WDC WD3200AAJB-56R1A0>
> wd1: 298 GB, 620181 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 625142448 sectors 
> Kernelized RAIDframe activated
> viaide0:0:1: lost interrupt
>        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> viaide0:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x61
> viaide0:0:1: device timeout, c_bcount=512, c_skip0
> wd1d: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
> viaide0 channel 0: reset failed for drive 0 drive 1
> viaide0:0:1: lost interrupt
>        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> viaide0:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x61
> viaide0:0:1: device timeout, c_bcount=512, c_skip0
> wd1d: device timeout reading fsbn 0 (wd1 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
>
> this goes on and after some time it finally boots to a login prompt.
>
> ...
> viaide0:0:1: lost interrupt
>        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> viaide0:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x61
> viaide0:0:1: device timeout, c_bcount=512, c_skip0
> wd1d: device timeout reading fsbn 1 (wd1 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1), retrying
> viaide0:0:1: lost interrupt
>        type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> viaide0:0:1: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x61
> viaide0:0:1: device timeout, c_bcount=512, c_skip0
> wd1d: device timeout reading fsbn 1 (wd1 bn 1; cn 0 tn 0 sn 1), retrying
> wd1: soft error (corrected)
> wd1: no disk label
> boot device: wd0
>
> Does someone have an idea what this means?
> (please note, above setup boots fine and without any errors in Debian Squeeze)
>
>
> regards,
>
> Kenneth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Ruhl" <acruhl%gmail.com@localhost>
> To: "kenneth westelinck" <kenneth.westelinck%telenet.be@localhost>
> Cc: port-cobalt%netbsd.org@localhost
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 4:55:13 PM
> Subject: Re: stability of Cobalt Qube 2
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:39 AM,  <kenneth.westelinck%telenet.be@localhost> 
> wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I am a proud owner of a Cobalt Qube 2 
>> (http://kennywest.blogspot.com/2010/02/story-of-cobalt-qube.html) running 
>> Debian Squeeze. I want to use this as a NAS device for backing up various 
>> Linux machines on the network (I want to do this using mondo over NFS). 
>> Apparently this proves more difficult than I thought (see also: 
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2012/03/msg00015.html). Seems the Qube 2 
>> dies under heavy network load. So whenever mondo tries to upload the restore 
>> images to the NFS server, it starts to hang. Also tried using a newer 
>> network card (since there is a free PCI slot anyway), still the same issue.
>> So, I was wondering, what if I tried NetBSD, would this be more stable? Are 
>> there people on this list using a Qube 2 reliably?
>
> My experience with the Qube2 is that it's very stable with NetBSD, but not 
> fast for I/O. There was some issue with the PCI bus which impacted 
> performance. If you search this list far enough back, you might find the 
> details.
>
> I used mine for small jobs like DHCP server, internet gateway/firewall, and 
> some other menial stuff until I got a Seagate Dockstar, which I use now. The 
> Dockstar has it's issues with NetBSD as well.
>
> Andy
>