Re: 5.0.1 lockups on disk access

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Sep 9, 2009, at 3:46 AM, André Schulze wrote:

> Am Fri den 04 Sep 2009 um 03:07:39PM -0400 schrieb Michael:
> > Hello,
> >
> > > I'm trying to install 5.0.1 on a dual G4. When I do a disk-intensive
> > > operation such as newfs or dd /dev/zero to it, the machine locks
> > > solid.
> I tried to boot a 5.0.1 on a G4 Cube and it always freezes during the
> init scripts (named was the last started, it seems network related).
> It was possible to abort the init scripts by hitting CTRL-C. I could
> mount the disks and build a 4.0.1 kernel without problems. But the
> fsck crashed once out of maybe ten times.

I have one single CPU G4 machine - a 12" iBook - which works fine.  
Same with the others ( a beige G3, a PowerBook 3400c etc. )

> > > I've tried this with a couple of different machines, a couple of
> > > different hard drives and with the drives as slave and master.
> The Cube is a single CPU machine. It runs perfect with 4.0.1. Anybody
> else seen this?

Not me, I only see problems with SMP.

> > Please try a DIAGNOSTIC kernel.
> I'll try this too.

To make things more annoying - in the last 24 hours I have been unable  
to reproduce the panics with a LOCKDEBUG kernel.

have fun
Michael


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