after upgrade backups cause machine crash
A year ago, I put testing-sarge on a new server. Woody was just too
old. All the security updates done over the last year were done with
just the security update line in sources.list. Everything was working
fine including doing backups. Machine was backed up to an unpartitioned
USB external hard drive at /dev/sdb with a tar command (similar to
backing up to tape).
This January, I upgraded to stable-sarge. I didn't use aptitude
dist-upgrade as I was going from the old testing-sarge to stable-sarge.
In January this year, I replaced the commented out testing lines from
the original install with uncommented sarge lines in sources.list, left
the security one in, did an aptitude update followed by an aptitude
upgrade. I then installed the 2.6.8-2-686-smp kernel-image from
stable-Sarge.
That kernel-image as well as the original testing-sarge one
(2.6.8-1-686-smp) are both crashing when doing the backups. The backup
may run for anywhere from 25 minutes to an hour before the machine
crashes. Different USB harddrives have been tried with no change in
outcome.
Any help diagnosing this problem and resolving it would be most
appreciated. Some info appears below. Other info can be provided if needed.
Thanks in advance,
Karen
The call trace in the most recent messages displayed to console include:
scan_async
echi-work
echi_irq
usb__hcd_irq
handle_IRQ
do_IRQ
common_interrupt
default_idle
default_idle
cpu_idle
printk
print_cpu_info
earlier ones also had:
echi_watchdog
run_timer_softirq
do_softirq
smp_apic_timer_interrupt
apic_timer_interrupt
before the default_idle
Code and final messages are always the same:
Code : 89 50 04 89 02 c7 41 04 00 02 20 00 c7 46 38 00 01 10 00 8b
<0> Kernel Panic: fatal exception in interrupt
in interrupt handler - not syncing
The packages upgraded were:
Will install 43 packages, and remove 0 packages.
929kB of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[HOLD] lilo
[UPGRADE] binutils 2.15-5 -> 2.15-6
[UPGRADE] cpp-3.3 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] dash 0.5.2-4 -> 0.5.2-5
[UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.25.9 -> 0.25.12
[UPGRADE] dpkg 1.10.27 -> 1.10.28
[UPGRADE] dpkg-dev 1.10.27 -> 1.10.28
[UPGRADE] dselect 1.10.27 -> 1.10.28
[UPGRADE] e2fslibs 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] e2fsprogs 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] g++-3.3 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] gcc-3.3 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] gdb 6.3-5 -> 6.3-6
[UPGRADE] gzip 1.3.5-9 -> 1.3.5-10sarge1
[UPGRADE] initrd-tools 0.1.79 -> 0.1.81.1
[UPGRADE] klogd 1.4.1-16 -> 1.4.1-17
[UPGRADE] libblkid1 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-6 -> 1.0.2-7
[UPGRADE] libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 -> 2.3.2.ds1-22
[UPGRADE] libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-21 -> 2.3.2.ds1-22
[UPGRADE] libcomerr2 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] libgcc1 1:3.4.3-12 -> 1:3.4.3-13
[UPGRADE] libgnutls11 1.0.16-9 -> 1.0.16-13.1
[UPGRADE] libgpmg1 1.19.6-19 -> 1.19.6-19sarge1
[UPGRADE] libnss-db 2.2-6.2 -> 2.2-6.3
[UPGRADE] libss2 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] libstdc++5-3.3-dev 1:3.3.5-12 -> 1:3.3.5-13
[UPGRADE] libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.10a-9 -> 2:0.1.10a-9.sarge.1
[UPGRADE] libuuid1 1.37-2 -> 1.37-2sarge1
[UPGRADE] locales 2.3.2.ds1-21 -> 2.3.2.ds1-22
[UPGRADE] logrotate 3.7-3 -> 3.7-5
[UPGRADE] mutt 1.5.9-1 -> 1.5.9-2
[UPGRADE] rmail 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sendmail 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sendmail-base 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sendmail-bin 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sendmail-cf 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sensible-mda 8.13.4-1 -> 8.13.4-3
[UPGRADE] sysklogd 1.4.1-16 -> 1.4.1-17
[UPGRADE] vim 1:6.3-071+1 -> 1:6.3-071+1sarge1
[UPGRADE] vim-common 1:6.3-071+1 -> 1:6.3-071+1sarge1
[UPGRADE] wget 1.9.1-11 -> 1.9.1-12
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.2.15.9: log report
Mon Jan 9 13:25:04 2006
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 2 packages, and remove 0 packages.
130kB of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libdevmapper1.01
[UPGRADE] lilo 1:22.6.1-4 -> 1:22.6.1-6.2
===============================================================================
Log complete.
Aptitude 0.2.15.9: log report
Mon Jan 9 13:34:18 2006
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 2 packages, and remove 0 packages.
45.0MB of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] irqbalance
[INSTALL] kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp
===============================================================================
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Karen Larson UW - Parkside 262-595-2450
System Administrator 900 Wood Road larson@cs.uwp.edu
Computer Science Dept Kenosha, WI 53141-2000
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