RE: OT: cluster size=0

[Rich Payne <rdp talisman alphalinux org>]

Update the kernel! I've had serious problem with the adaptecs and earlier
kernels, I know that RedHat 2.2.17-4 works OK with them, the aic7xxx
driver revision is 5.1.31

--rdp

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Eugene Chu wrote:

> Hi Rich,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> We rebooted the machine today, and for some reason, the RAID is working
> fine today.  However, the directory and the test file I attempted to 
> create are gone.  Re-running the I/O tests, I see about 50 MB/s going
> to the RAID.  Going to the boot disk is still around 3.5 MB/s.  I found
> out the boot disk is an IBM 9GB drive, and peak transfer is spec'd at
> only 9 MB/s, so mayb 3.5 is what I can expect in the space I have left.
> 
> The controller is listed as an adaptec 2940U2/w /7890, and the driver
> listed is aic7xx.  The disks are connected to the SCSI port on the MoBo
> with a short ribbon, terminated at the end.  The errors recorded in the
> log file are:
> 
> Mar 21 12:44:36 137 kernel: scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retri
> es. 
> Mar 21 12:44:36 137 kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. 
> Mar 21 12:44:38 137 kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 
> 63. 
> Mar 21 12:44:38 137 kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 2 lun 0 return
>  code = 26030000 
> Mar 21 12:44:38 137 kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 32 
> Mar 21 12:44:46 137 kernel: scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retri
> es. 
> Mar 21 12:44:46 137 kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. 
> Mar 21 12:44:48 137 kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 
> 63. 
> Mar 21 12:44:48 137 kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 2 lun 0 return
>  code = 26030000 
> 
> ...
> 
> Mar 21 21:37:25 137 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device md(9,0)): ext2_write_inode: un
> able to read inode block - inode=458754, block=917516 
> Mar 21 21:37:25 137 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device md(9,0)): ext2_write_inode: un
> able to read inode block - inode=458754, block=917516 
> 
> 
> The system is running 2.2.14-6.0smp.  It may be old enough to have disk
> driver patches already.  I'll have to check at RH.
> 
> In the mean time, we will run more tests, and keep an eye on it.
> 
> eugene
> 
> 
> 
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