Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:19:59 -0800 | From | Simon Kirby <> | Subject | Re: [Danger] 2.4.14pre3-pre5: Queueing changes broken? [Re: [2.4.14-pre3] kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device] |
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 08:58:59PM -0800, Simon Kirby wrote:
> Something is definitely broken with the kernel here. My box was up and > running fine with 2.4.14pre5 until I just decided to remove hdb from the > box to move it to another box. I had: > > Oct 29 21:17:19 oof kernel: hda: ST360021A, ATA DISK drive > Oct 29 21:17:19 oof kernel: hdb: IBM-DTLA-307045, ATA DISK drive > Oct 29 21:17:19 oof kernel: hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 010, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > Oct 29 21:17:19 oof kernel: hdd: LITE-ON LTR-24102B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > > I took out hdb, and I got the looping "Attempt to access beyond end of > device" message, followed by fsck saying the filesystem had errors on the > next boot (in which I entered single-user mode in and tried to fsck > manually). Every normal bootup had the looping failure message. > > My fallback, 2.4.10pre10, boots fine with hdb missing.
Confirmed that reattaching the hdb drive makes the kernel boot up fine, and removing it again makes it blow up. I left my null modem cable at work so I wasn't able to get a serial console log, but I will get one tonight.
Simon-
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