SCSI madness

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, A. Khattri wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Net Llama! wrote:
>
> > I've been tearing my hair out for the past 4 days trying to deal with SCSI
> > errors on a box runnign FC3.
> >
> > For the past week or so, whenever I boot up, see the following error on
> > the console:
> > sym0: SCSI parity error detected: SCR1=132 DBC=50000000 SBCL=0
> >
> > When the above error occurs, the box functions just fine, but i fear for
> > my data.  In fact, sometimes, i don't get the error above, and the
> > box boots up fine, and then as soon as the login prompt appears, i start
> > seeing SCSI reset/abort errors instead.  When the reset/abort errors show
> > up then i can't do anything, all input fails to register and the box can
> > only be reset.
> >
> > FWIW, i'm using an old symbios 8951 SCSI controller.  I've replaced the
> > SCSI drive, the SCSI cable, and now the controller, and yet the fscking
> > error persists.
> >
> > I'm at a loss as to how this error can persist when i've replaced every
> > component on the chain.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Did some Googling and this might be a flaky Symbios driver in the 2.6
> kernel:
>
> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Oct/1745.html

Hrmmm,maybe, but i've been using a 2.6.x kernel on this box for over a
year now, and this problem started about a week ago.


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