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Re: Case 144661: Broken Athena workstation ultra5 in 8-419
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugene Shuster)
Tue Jun 22 07:24:29 1999
Message-Id: <199906221124.HAA02149@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:24:36 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:24:43 EDT
From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
I'm currently away from Boston, so I can't set up the time to meet you,
but here's how to get into the room 8-419: press 1 & 2 together and then
5. Ultra 5 is the left most computer on the far wall. Good luck.
--Eugene Shuster
>Case 144661 has been recently updated and currently stands as follows:
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>--- Entry: Thursday, Jun 17, 1999 4:42 PM -- Email Received --
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>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:42:41 EDT
>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Broken Athena workstation
>
>To Whom it may concern,
>
>There is a broken Athena workstation Sun Ultra 5 in room 8-419. Does not
>boot,
>complains about disk errors, enters management mode during boot and stops.
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>--- Entry: Friday, Jun 18, 1999 7:21 AM -- cpontier ---
>--- Sent E-Mail (Entire Log) To: eugeneus@mit.edu
>Hi Eugene.
>
>When it goes into system maintenance mode. It will ask you to type fsck
>manually. At the # prompt. Type fsck -y and then when complete type exit and
>it will continue to boot up.
>--- Entry: Friday, Jun 18, 1999 12:07 PM -- Email Received --
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>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:07:34 EDT
>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Case 144661: Broken Athena workstation ultra5 in 8-419
>
>I have run fsck -y, as you suggested and during this process the computer
>displayed a lot of warnings, for example
>
>ATA transport failed: reason 'reset' (or 'timeout'): retrying command
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>WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3 (ata0):
> timeout: HBA reset, target=0 lun=0
>WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0 (dad0):
> ATA transport failed: reason 'timeout': giving up
>WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3 (ata0):
> timeout: early timeout, target=0 lun=0
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>there were many more WARNINGs just like the ones above. any further
>suggestions?
>
>--Eugene
>
>>Case 144661 has been recently updated and currently stands as follows:
>>
>>-----------
>>
>>--- Entry: Thursday, Jun 17, 1999 4:42 PM -- Email Received --
>>-----------------------------------
>>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:42:41 EDT
>>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>>From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
>>Subject: Broken Athena workstation
>>
>>To Whom it may concern,
>>
>>There is a broken Athena workstation Sun Ultra 5 in room 8-419. Does not
>>boot,
>>complains about disk errors, enters management mode during boot and stops.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--- Entry: Friday, Jun 18, 1999 7:21 AM -- cpontier ---
>>--- Sent E-Mail (Entire Log) To: eugeneus@mit.edu
>>Hi Eugene.
>>
>>When it goes into system maintenance mode. It will ask you to type fsck
>>manually. At the # prompt. Type fsck -y and then when complete type exit and
>>it will continue to boot up.
>
>
>
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>--- Entry: Monday, Jun 21, 1999 12:24 PM -- jjmorey ---
>--- Sent E-Mail (Entire Log) To: eugeneus@mit.edu
>i stop;d by today but was unable to get in
>
>please setup a time with us to come by and
>make repairs
>
>thanks
