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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FBSD-1.1.5.1: filesystem problems ? Date: 1 Dec 1994 19:10:34 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3bl73a$rh9@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <Czzw5p.GI9@luva.lb.bawue.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <Czzw5p.GI9@luva.lb.bawue.de>, Michael Giegerich <migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de> wrote: > >After upgrading from FBSD-1.0.2 to FBSD-1.1.5.1 (with all patches >"blessed" by Rod) I find at least every 2nd or 3rd day complaints >from fsck in my logs of the /etc/daily scripts. > >Very anoying! Most times only some files from the /usr/spool/news >tree are concerned but I had already to come back to my backups >(a praise to DAT streamers :-). I'm seeing a lot of these on my 486/66 box. It's possible that there are still bugs in the VM system that didn't get squashed that affect certain hardware. It *appears* to happen on my box when doing heavy DMA which happens during heavy duty compiles, or backups. (Basically, when the machine has non-stop disk activity for > 20 minutes) I've been thinking my problem was bad memory, but it's possible that it's a generic FreeBSD 1.1.5 problem. My advice is to try installing 2.0 and see if the problem goes away. Alot of post 1.1.5 fixes made it into 2.0, so it's possible that the bug was squashed. Alot of these problems should go away in 2.1 when the mergeg VM/buffer cache is implemented. Many of the coherency problems are supposed to be fixed according to David Greenman and John Dyson. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.