amd64/78406: AMD64 w/ SCSI, install FreeBSD 5.3 fine. issue 'rm -r/usr/ports' and system crashes

[Astrodog]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:46:44 -0000, Lawrence Farr
<freebsd-smp at epcdirect.co.uk> wrote:
> Try limiting the drive to U160 in the bios utility and see if
> it helps.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ray Johns
> > Sent: 04 March 2005 11:57
> > To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
> > Subject: amd64/78406: AMD64 w/ SCSI, install FreeBSD 5.3
> > fine. issue 'rm -r/usr/ports' and system crashes
> >
> >
> > >Number:         78406
> > >Category:       amd64
> > >Synopsis:       AMD64 w/ SCSI, install FreeBSD 5.3 fine.
> > issue 'rm -r /usr/ports' and system crashes
> > >Confidential:   no
> > >Severity:       critical
> > >Priority:       high
> > >Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
> > >State:          open
> > >Quarter:
> > >Keywords:
> > >Date-Required:
> > >Class:          sw-bug
> > >Submitter-Id:   current-users
> > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 04 12:00:39 GMT 2005
> > >Closed-Date:
> > >Last-Modified:
> > >Originator:     Ray Johns
> > >Release:        5.3 AMD64
> > >Organization:
> > n/a
> > >Environment:
> > AMD server with Tyan MB and dual CPU's.  I believe the system
> > board is their Thunder MB.  eren at opensourcestorage.com can
> > give full system specs (reference AMD system from Ray Johns)
> > >Description:
> > This has happened twice.  First time, I installed FreeBSD 5.3
> > AMD64 on the server (it's an eval server from
> > eren at opensourcestorage.com).  Everything goes fine.  I log
> > into the machine, make some changes to my shell/prompt, no
> > problems.  I ftp an updated ports.tar.gz from ftp.freebsd.org
> > to the machine, no problem.  As root, I cd /usr then issue rm
> > -r ports/ so that I can remove the ports tree and untar the
> > new ports and the system crashes/locks.  on the console,
> > there are error messages.  I took a photo of them here:
> >
> > http://www.redshift.com/~ray/amd/
> >
> > I contacted opensourcestorage and they sent a replacement
> > SCSI drive (it's a maxtore 18GB).  I installed the new drive,
> > reloaded FreeBSD again and the system crashed again at the
> > exact same spot when I issued rm -r ports
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> > install FreeBSD AMD64, delete ports directory
> > >Fix:
> > none at this time.
> > >Release-Note:
> > >Audit-Trail:
> > >Unformatted:
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Might try just cvsup'ing ports, instead of delete/extract.