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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 22:37:57 +0200
From: Michael Wahlbrink <x_miw@propack-data.com>
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Eric Sandeen wrote:
> What was the exact error message that you got on the panic?

I've to go home and write it down and then come back to company to send 
the error messages ;-| (my internet access at home is broken)
> 
> Also, does the promise controller do write caching?

I dom't think so, it's such a 'cheap' promise 'FastTrak100 TX2'. I also 
didn'n find something about caching on theyr website.......

regards
micha

> 
> -Eric
> 
> On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:10, Michael Wahlbrink wrote:
> 
>>hi,
>>on my 'new' linux-box i've set up an linuxfromscatch system with xfs as 
>>root fs on an promise ide raid controller (using /dev/ataraid/dXpY). I 
>>use the kernel 2.4.18 with the xfs 1.1 patch.
>>Often after a (obviously clean) shutdown I have problems with booting 
>>into my system. I get a kernel panic saying thast there is something 
>>wrong with the log of the xfs filesystem. Than I must reboot with my old 
>>SCSI disk and run xfs_repair (often with the -L option ;-( ) to get the 
>>system running again.
>>Some hints what's wrong there? And how to get a working xfs-system 
>>without emergency partition ?
>>
>>regards
>>micha
>>
>