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Re: Case 144661: Broken Athena workstation ultra5 in 8-419
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugene Shuster)
Fri Jun 25 19:41:37 1999
Message-Id: <199906252343.TAA07763@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu>
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:05:49 EDT."
<199906221205.IAA18543@team-usa.MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:43:22 EDT
From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
Sorry to not have replied sooner, but I'm still away from Boston. I
don't have any information on the local drive, so if you need to
replace, go ahead. Thanks.
--Eugene Shuster
>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.
>--- Entry: Friday, Jun 18, 1999 12:07 PM -- Email Received --
>-----------------------------------
>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
>
>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
>
>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.
>
>
>
>
>
>--- 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
>--- Entry: Tuesday, Jun 22, 1999 7:24 AM -- Email Received --
>-----------------------------------
>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:24:43 EDT
>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>From: Eugene Shuster <eugeneus@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Case 144661: Broken Athena workstation ultra5 in 8-419
>
>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:
>>
>>-----------
>>
>>--- 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.
>>--- Entry: Friday, Jun 18, 1999 12:07 PM -- Email Received --
>>-----------------------------------
>>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
>>
>>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
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--- 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
>
>
>
>--- Entry: Tuesday, Jun 22, 1999 8:05 AM -- jjmorey ---
>--- Sent E-Mail (Entire Log) To: eugeneus@mit.edu
>If the hard drive needs to be replaced is this ok with you?
>any data on it from you would be lost, so we just need an ok
>before we can start.
>
>Thanks
