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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.wwwi.com!rtd.com!dgy From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Strange error scsi msg. on console Date: 23 Jun 1996 06:59:29 GMT Organization: CICDO Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4qiq0h$8i3@baygull.rtd.com> References: <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com In article <31CCD14B.41C6@ucdavis.edu>, Michael White <mdwhite@ucdavis.edu> wrote: >Hi, we have a computer here running FreeBSD 2.1 (stable, I think) and we >are getting a strange error message from the scsi hard drive. The >message reads: > >init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv3 >sleeping 30 seconds > >and then messages like "last message repeated 4 times" or "...20 times" >and it sounds like the hard drive is accessed every 30 seconds (all >day long). Anybody have any idea what might be up? Check to see that all inputs on your COM ports are terminated (i.e. not floating).