Re: Why does my system stop frequently?

[Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com>]

Dennis Wicks wrote the following on 05/22/2011 09:47 PM:
> Greetings;
>
> My system (lenny 2.6.26-2-686, P2, 2+ GHz) will just stop. No disk 
> light, nothing works. No scrolling, typing, marking/selecting, no 
> copying/pasting. Just frozen. It will stay like this for probably 5 
> secs. although it seems longer, and it happens often, every couple of 
> minutes.

I'm sorry! That was a very significant typo! I have a P4, 
not a P2. Also, not raid disk.

Also,
> Mem:   1555440k 
> Swap:  6168868k

> Disk /dev/hda: 160 GB, 160039272960 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
> /dev/hda1   *           1       19200   154223968   83  Linux
> /dev/hda2           19201       19286      682762   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda3           19287       19372      682762   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda4           19373       19457      674730   82  Linux swap
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 40 GB, 40978344960 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4982 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
> /dev/hdb1               1        4726    37961563   83  Linux
> /dev/hdb2            4727        4810      666697   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hdb3            4811        4894      666697   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hdb4            4895        4982      698827   82  Linux swap
>
> Disk /dev/hdc: 250 GB, 250056737280 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
> /dev/hdc1               1       30146   242147713   83  Linux
> /dev/hdc2           30147       30230      666697   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hdc3           30231       30314      666697   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hdc4           30315       30401      690795   82  Linux swap


Yes, I can move the mouse. There is hesitation when I try to 
switch to either a terminal session or ctl-alt-fx console to 
run top.

Another symptom is that I can type while the system is 
frozen but nothing appears on the screen until the system 
frees up then it all displays at once.

I will run the other tests and post the results.

Thanks for the help!
Dennis

P.S. - What are some Mfg & model of "enterprise" disk drives?