Re: System lost one of its network interfaces

[Fitsch <fitsch@gmx.net>]

Patrick wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Over the last few days, a server has been throwing out messages like
> the following at the same time every morning:
> 
> Mar 16 06:15:20 dalek -- MARK --
> Mar 16 06:25:20 dalek kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
> Busy }
> Mar 16 06:25:20 dalek kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Mar 16 06:25:20 dalek kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Mar 16 06:25:26 dalek syslogd 1.3-3#31: restart.
> Mar 16 06:25:31 dalek kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
> Busy }
> Mar 16 06:25:31 dalek kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Mar 16 06:25:31 dalek kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Mar 16 06:25:31 dalek kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 {
> Busy }
> Mar 16 06:25:31 dalek kernel: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE
> Mar 16 06:25:32 dalek kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Mar 16 06:55:20 dalek -- MARK --
> Mar 16 07:15:20 dalek -- MARK --
> 
> This morning, it went a step further and lost its external network interfaces.
> Its on a remote  site. As couldn't ssh in, the machine had to be rebooted.
> 
> Does anyone recognise this problem?
> 
> Also, when someone was in front of the system and logged on as root,
> they got  lots and lots of samba messages overwriting the screen.
> Does anyone think this is a seperate problem or could it be related?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Patrick
> 
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Track down the problem with your harddisk first, this could be the
reason for your trouble. Check cables, and install hdparm. With hdparm
you can tune some timeout and transfer settings of your harddisk.
Because the logging looks as the drive would go to standby and then
reset.

For the network I don't know, this could be something related to samba, 
which is confused, because hda is not available ?

Fitsch