[Soekris] 4801-60 + FreeBSD - Frequent lockups

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:37:20PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	I've got a 4801-60 (comBIOS ver. 1.30  20070326) running
> a SanDisk SDCFX-8192 (LBA Xlt 996-255-63  8003 Mbyte) with
> FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE.
> 
> 	When I received the unit, it ran fine for many many months. 
> Then out of the blue it started to lock up for no reason every couple
> of weeks. Now it can't go more than 12 hours. 

I once had an 4801-60 which showed the same problem (also with
FreeBSD) - turned out to be a dying disk. I replaced the disk and it
has been running smoothly since.

Have you tried testing the disk using S.M.A.R.T?

Brix
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Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik at brixandersen.dk>
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