disk controller problem?

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> On Friday 31 January 2003 07:50 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> > This doesn't sound like a power supply problem to me.  I think your
> > controller is dying.  If it were the PSU, this wouldn't neccesarily
> > effect just the disks, especially when left on overnight in an idle
> > state.
> >
> Except maybe when the cron process does updatedb or whatever??

Yea, there is normally a cronjob that does that at like 5AM.  Have you
checked messages for any sense key errors?

>
> I have another controller (a BusLogic) that plugs into the PCI buss that
> I can also use instead of the on-board controller.  I don't want to
> have to use it in the long run because my favorite kernel is compiled
> for the Symbios controller so I'll need to tweak things if I need to
> switch over for any extended period, but at least it will narrow down
> the problem.

That would definitely be the best route at this time.

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