LVM and XFS problems - xfs_force_shutdown

["Tom Shaw" <tommy2irc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I've been searching archives for this problem, and I have found many similar
reports, but none that match my circumstances...Ill explain.

Firstly I am using a 2.4.26 kernel with LVM, and XFS enabled.  Im using LVM
v1.3.1, and the XFS included in the kernel.

I have 4 drives off a highpoint IDE controller card, the drives being listed
as /dev/sda to /dev/sdc.

This is a sample of a very large kern.log full of errors
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Jun 24 00:03:44 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 147179760
Jun 24 00:03:44 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 165079888
Jun 24 00:03:44 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 61735360
Jun 24 00:03:44 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 78512576

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Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 47436960
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("lvm(58,0)")
meta-data dev lvm(58,0) block 0x3ca5d320       ("xfs_trans_read_buf") error
5 buf count 4096
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 71472192
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("lvm(58,0)")
meta-data dev lvm(58,0) block 0x3e1492c0       ("xfs_trans_read_buf") error
5 buf count 4096
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel:  I/O error: dev 08:30, sector 36569472
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: I/O error in filesystem ("lvm(58,0)")
meta-data dev lvm(58,0) block 0x3c000002       ("xfs_trans_read_buf") error
5 buf count 512
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: xfs_force_shutdown(lvm(58,0),0x1) called from
line 422 of file xfs_trans_buf.c.  Return address = 0xc01f7e5a
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: Filesystem "lvm(58,0)": I/O Error Detected.
Shutting down filesystem: lvm(58,0)
Jun 24 00:03:46 digit kernel: Please umount the filesystem, and rectify the
problem(s)

I'm combining the drives together in a single logical volume.

I have done a badblocks read-write test on all of the drives and nothing
shows up, so the drives are not at fault as far as I can tell.

The system keeps going for 30mins and then unmounts as per the log above.

One small note here...what is 8:30??  I have looked in /proc/partitions but
it is not listed, nor can I find it in my
linux-2.4.26/Documentation/devices.txt.

The only way I can get it to work again for 30mins is to reboot, and while
booting up the system scans and repairs the filesystem for an unclean mount.

Im stuck here as I do not know how to fix this problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Tom