[GLLUG] RE: linux-user Digest, Vol 11, Issue 24

Wed Mar 31 12:03:41 EST 2004

Mike,

I think the SCNC setup uses 'dump' to make its backup to DAT tape.  

Mark Lachniet

> -----Original Message-----
> > The error returns an invalid argument.  So in my small knowledge, I 
> > would say that something changed in the filesystem that 
> wasn't right.
> > Looking through the archives (which I recommend next time, 
> there are 
> > dozens of messages about this, 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com) it seems 
> > that you were probably doing a dump(8) on a live 
> filesystem.  Is this 
> > true?
> > 
> 
> Not that I know of. AFAIK this was in an automated security 
> check that was emailed to our 'admin'. I use that term 
> somewhat loosely because we don't truly have full ability to 
> administrate this box - folks at MSU do that. We have brought 
> the problem up with them but they have found nothing wrong. 
> We see these messages and have problems with the box crashing 
> or needing reboots periodically (sometimes weekly and even 
> multiple times per week of late) which sounds very much abnormal.
> 
> I will attach dmesg though this time. I don't know right now 
> whether we can get the df -h or not. I'll check into it.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > Pay attention to this thread:
> > 
> > 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=103679794507430&w=2
> > 
> > Like Darrel said, send along a dmesg and also take a look 
> at df -h and 
> > any dump(8) logs.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> > Curt Micol
> 
> --
> Mike Rambo
> mrambo at lsd.k12.mi.us
> 
> q: Nigel Cunningham
> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely 
> improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises 
> from chaos, and no one is given credit.
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> Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights 
> reserved.
> FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 28 15:41:06 EST 2001
>     Rjrm at src2.scnc.k12.mi.us:/usr/src/sys/compile/SCNC-D2-200103
> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC"  
> frequency 446998170 Hz
> CPU: Pentium III (447.00-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x672  Stepping=2
>   
> Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP
,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,<b24>,<b25>>
> real memory  = 268435456 (262144K bytes) avail memory = 
> 258023424 (251976K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0268000.
> Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
> chip0: <Intel 82443GX host to PCI bridge> rev 0x00 on pci0.0.0
> chip1: <Intel 82443GX host to AGP bridge> rev 0x00 on pci0.1.0
> chip2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=1011 device=0024)> rev 0x03 
> on pci0.2.0
> chip3: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> rev 0x02 on pci0.7.0
> chip4: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> rev 0x02 
> on pci0.7.3
> xl0: <3Com 3c980 Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x24 int a irq 14 on pci0.8.0
> xl0: Ethernet address: 00:50:04:7e:1e:90
> xl0: autoneg complete, link status good (full-duplex, 
> 100Mbps) Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
> vga0: <ATI model 4744 graphics accelerator> rev 0x5c on 
> pci1.0.0 Probing for devices on PCI bus 2:
> ahc0: <Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter> rev 0x00 int a 
> irq 11 on pci2.4.0
> ahc0: aic7890/91 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
> ahc1: <Adaptec aic7860 SCSI adapter> rev 0x03 int a irq 11 on pci2.6.0
> ahc1: aic7860 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs Probing 
> for PnP devices:
> Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
> sc0 on isa
> sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> atkbdc0 at 
> 0x60-0x6f on motherboard atkbd0 irq 1 on isa sio0 at 
> 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
> sio1: type 16550A
> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
> ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 flags 0x40 on isa
> ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
> lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <generic parallel i/o> on ppbus 0
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus 0
> lpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa npx0 on 
> motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> Waiting 10 seconds for SCSI devices to settle sa0 at ahc1 bus 
> 0 target 6 lun 0
> sa0: <ARCHIVE Python 04106-XXX 7350> Removable Sequential 
> Access SCSI-2 device
> sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
> pass1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
> pass1: <DELL 1x6 U2W SCSI BP 5.13> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device
> pass1: 3.300MB/s transfers
> da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <SEAGATE ST39173LC 5702> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
> da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit), 
> Tagged Queueing Enabled
> da0: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1106C) 
> changing root device to da0s1a cd0 at ahc1 bus 0 target 5 lun 0
> cd0: <NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:465 1.25> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device
> cd0: 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15)
> cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium 
> not present
> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
> pid 967 (popper), uid 1512 on /tmp: file system full pid 919 
> (popper), uid 2290 on /tmp: file system full pid 982 
> (popper), uid 2613 on /tmp: file system full
> 
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