John Rowe wrote:
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973568
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: printk: 16 messages suppressed.
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdq, logical block 732371696
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973568
>> Nov  4 10:36:31 terra kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdq, logical block 732371696
>> Nov  4 10:36:32 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:32 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973688
>> ...
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973688
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973688
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: sd 5:0:0:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x000b0000
>> Nov  4 10:36:33 terra kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 5858973568
> 
> It's looking horribly like a disk error: have you checked it?
> Try badblocks.

That's what I thought originally but no matter which combination of 4 disks
I try to configure I always get these errors. Unless the box has been populated
with a whole batch of bad disks, I suppose.

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Mark Whidby
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