smitty@essnj1.ESSNJAY.COM (Hibbard T. Smith JR) (07/11/90)
I'm running ISC's 386/ix 2.0.2 on a UNISYS PW 825A (Intel 25 MHZ cache) with an Adaptec 1542A, a Micropolis 320 MB, and a Maxtor XLT-200. The Maxtor is the primary drive (swap, root, and user plus a couple more file systems). At random intervals, data gets written over what should be inodes at he low end of the Maxtor (drive 0). Needless to say, this clobbers lots of files. The data being written in has belonged to /usr/lib/cron/log and /usr/adm/pacct. These files are both open for the entire time the system is active. The clobbers take place at night or in the wee hours of the morning. At these times the system is mostly idle. Even very low cron driven activity. On other systems I'm running the XLT-200's with no problems. I'm also using the 1542A on other systems with no problems. This is the only system with this unique collection of hardware. I don't know whether it's caused by hardware, software, or some strange incompatibility. I'm not even sure which company's support group to ask questions of, so, I tried all of them. Needless to say, they're all pointing at "the other guy" :-). If anyone can shed any light on this situation, I'd sure appreciate the help. Email or post, I'll watch these groups closely for any comments. Thanks in advance for any help ... -- Smitty ------------------------------------------- Hibbard T. Smith JR smitty@essnj1.ESSNJAY.COM ESSNJAY Systems Inc. uunet!hsi!essnj1!smitty