SCSI madness

[Net Llama!]

On 01/13/2005 05:39 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>> On 01/13/2005 01:53 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:
>>
>>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had considered that it might not be SCSI at all but memory or 
>>>> PSU.  I'll
>>>> chuck a memtest86 floppy in there now and see what happens.
>>>>
>>>> 5 minutes later...
>>>>
>>>> 125 memory errors and counting.
>>>>
>>>> at least i think i found the culprit.  thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like you found the problem.
>>>
>>> Now you have a "spare" hdd, controller and cable :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> craptastic.  replaced the bad RAM, ran memtest86 for 4 passes with no 
>> errors, and the SCSI errors persist.
> 
> 
> Possibly check the hdd/fs for errors. The bad memory may have resulted 
> in fs corruption.

already did that.  xfs_repair comes up clean.  i'm starting to wonder if 
maybe this is some kind of kernel bug, and the memory errors were just 
unrelated carnage waiting in the wings.  When botting off of knoppix, 
there are no errors at all.


-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
L. Friedman                       	       netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: 		    http://netllama.ipfox.com

  17:40:00 up 12 days,  1:03,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00