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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!usenet From: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve Hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: A somewhat interesting crash Date: 22 Nov 1995 03:37:55 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 22 Message-ID: <48u5uk$qvr@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <48blrg$qi5@zebu.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dppp9.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.2 In article <48blrg$qi5@zebu.serv.net>, zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) says: > >Thought this might be of some interest to someone. One of my crashes >(P120/2940/32M, for those of you not following my plight. :]) reconstructed >the file system in a somewhat interesting way : it turned much of the operating >system into block-structured devices. Observe: > You're the guy whose scsi drive corrupts on a regular bases yes? There could be several mondane reasons for this such as: the scsi bus isnt terminated at the last device the last device isnt the only terminated device your tape unit could have delusions of grandeur (I had a flaky tape unit hose a hard disk on me by creating havoc on the scsi buss) Your hard disk might not be able to cope with the 10MB/SEC of a PCI controller (specially if its scsi 1) You have more than one bus mastering device overwhelming a not wonderful DMA controller Or - You did something really bad in your past life.