Subject: Re: Problems with NetBSD 1.4.1+ on Sparc 5
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/16/1999 10:09:38
As far as the software side goes I cannot help much, but I would suggest
checking out the hardware.  Look at things like memory, and cables.
If I even remotely think its related to the disk system I swap out cables
right away.

Nick

At 06:56 AM 11/16/99 -0800, Brian Buhrow wrote:
>	Hello folks.  I'm trying to keep a NetBSD/sparc 1.4.1+ system running on
>an 85MHZ Sparc 5 running.  I keep getting kernel faults and alignment
>errors.  This is a stalk 1.4.1 system, except that I pulled down the latest
>locore.s and ccd.c files and remade the kernel.  These changes did not help
>the problem.  The machine is running a 2-disk ccd striped across 2 9GB
>disks and is trying to run inn.  This problem has existed more or less
>since NetBSD 1.3, but is very pronounced under 1.4.1.  The machine is now
>in a state where it cannot stay up more than 6 hours.  In addition, it
>seems to nibble on its news spool by corrupting inodes, and otherwise
>sabotaging itself.  I have it spewing kernel core dumps, but they don't
>appear to be usable by gdb and dmesg won't read them.
>	Any help aanyone could provide would be extremely helpful.
>-thanks
>-Brian
>
>