[RAS] nebka

[Christian Zimmermann]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Thomas Krichel wrote:

>
>  Christian Zimmermann writes
>
>> This just confirms that this machine is not capable of handling any
>> instruction involving large directory trees. If you have to use rsync,
>> split it in pieces...
>
>  We can't do this. We need a running machine.

You can do this by running a script that navigates the directory tree and 
rsyncs directory by directory. A bit extreme, but that should work better.

>
>> I went to reboot the machine. The screen was showing the same ext3 errors
>> we had with earlier crashes.
>>
>> HOWEVER, the machine is not booting now. It hangs with:
>>
>> aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang?
>>
>> A rapid googling of this reveals that we have either to modify BIOS
>> specs, recompile the raid driver, make sure we have kernel version 2.4 (I
>> think we have), or other steps that are beyond my competence. I warrant
>> Tim can do this, but he is not in today. I hope he can do it tomorrow. I
>> will be teaching 8:00-1:45 tomorrow.
>
>  There is no raid on the macihne.

Hmm. Would a further reboot be successful, or is something somewhere amiss 
and correctable? I can try something before going home.