Fedora Core 5 Issues

[Andy Green]

Roger wrote:

> Jul 16 19:50:18 asterix kernel: ata1: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd 
> 4c017 tf 7f ss 0 se 0

Hm there it seems to be resetting the device

> starts to just die and then i guess switches to read-only mode and i 
> cant even use ssh to get into the machine, such that i always reset it, 
> but when i do it just runs for 4 days max and then just dies, do you 
> reckon it to be the hard drive that is now weak or what.

I read some time ago there is some design tradeoff for the bearings on 
hard drives, they can be optimized for running a long time or for 
stopping and starting like on a laptop drive.  Maybe that is something 
to do with it.

Your problem does sound about the same as what I experienced, also on 
x86_64, mine was an nVidia chipset DFI Lanparty board.

> I have since replaced that server with a smaller machine running on FC3 
> with but uses a lot less memory and does not complain at all.

My box was also up 24hrs being a mailserver.  I replaced it with an 
embedded ARM board that draws 1.5W and a USB flash pen.  I wrote an 
article about it here:  http://warmcat.com/_wp/?p=5   But of course it 
just does my mail, not 1000 users.

> Do you reckon it could be the SATA Drivers which kill the hard drives!

Sorry I don't have any answers, I dropped that machine after the second 
drive was killed and it is sitting in the corner looking lonely.  But 
then I would think more people would be hitting this problem if it was 
simply a driver issue.  Maybe it requires extended uptimes on the box in 
addition?

-Andy
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