hm, well I have a couple more eSATA -> SATA cables on order, so I'll report back once they arrive and I can test my disks with them. Intermittent problems totally suck :-( 2008/5/8 Greg Cormier <gcormier@xxxxxxxxx>: > I had scary messages in dmesg like yours above. Spent forever > troubleshooting everything. New SATA cables and they disappeared. > > Greg > > > > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Twigathy <twigathy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > PSU is a relatively reliable, if slightly old now, 380W thing. It has > > enough power on the 12v lines to power the disks and CPU, but you may > > be onto something there - all disks reading/writing at once = power > > levels higher. > > > > The new kit I've ordered for this server includes a 450W PSU, so > > perhaps that'll solve things. > > > > The trouble with debugging a problem like this is that there are so > > many variables! > > > > 2008/5/7 Maurice Hilarius <maurice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > >> Twigathy wrote: > >> It could be cables, although that wouldn't explain the disks working > >> perfectly well (Maxed out, too in the case of doing a badblocks test) > >> when they are by themselves. > >> > >> Sounds like a current delivery issue. > >> > >> How is your power supply? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> With our best regards, > >> > >> Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 > >> Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772 > >> 11060 - 166 Avenue email:maurice@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Edmonton, AB, Canada http://www.harddata.com/ > >> T5X 1Y3 > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
