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Use EMCKDHJ35 for $10 off each, but limit appears to be 3 per customer. Cannot be combined with NEWCUSTOMER10.

Yeah, I got it. I have one SuperMicro SAT-MV8, so I want to make sure I can use it in a 4220 or 4224, which I think I can with the reverse breakout cable. My next controller will definitely be the SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 on a PCI-E motherboard, like you said, I need to be able to handle the 24 drives so 2 of those and some motherboard sata ports should do it. Thanks, Phil/TW

Ok, so now I'm leaning towards the 4224 like everyone else! Let me make sure I have this right. I can use my 8X SATA MV8 controller card and use two reverse breakout 4-into-1 SATA-SAS cables (~$15 each) to go from the controller to the backplane. If I come to my senses and want sub 72-hour parity checks and decide to get a PCI-E motherboard and PCI-E SAS MV8 controller(s) then I will just need 4-lane SAS cables from these to the backplane. Do I have that right? If I do then I think it DOES make sense to get the 4220 or 4224, especially if the 4224 includes the 3x120mm fanboard. Thanks, Phil/TW

I have a 8 sata drives plus two ATA drives (system, cache) on an 8X PCI-X sata controller now and a PCI only motherboard. I can handle the cable management, bundling is fun, but I'm not seeing any compelling benefits to overcome the expense of replacing motherboard, controller, and cabling in addition to the $50 premium of the case. Regarding the noise, the case will be in the garage so I might want to upgrade to the 120mm plate for cooling but the noise won't be a problem. Anything esle I should be aware of? Thanks, Phil/TW

In the market for a new case, was leaning towards the 4020, now I see folks using the 4220. My read is it would require new controller(s), cables, maybe a new motherboard to go with the controllers, all for the benefit of SAS vs. plain sata cables. Am I reading the situation right? Any reason I'm missing I would pay $50 more for the 4220 and all the additional cost for the items mentioned if I'm happy with my SATA setup? Thanks, Phil/TW

For those running unRAID on a full Slackware distro: How do you backup your system drive so that you can restore in the event of a crash? If this were a Windows system I'd take a Ghost image or something similar periodically, but I don't know what the best approach is in Slackware/Linux? How have others solved this problem? Thanks, Phil/TW

Checked the BIOS, all settings intact. It appears that this is a result of running rtorrent and low disk space (<5GB). When I deleted some recordings and freed up ~50GB the problem disappeared. Regarding Windows being at fault, I see the pausing even when logged into a terminal, so it's not a Windows thing.

Definitely worth a check to make sure the bios settings are still there, I'll give it a look.

All seagates, all but one 7200rpm. Beyond the smart long test, any recommendations on testing the drives?

Hi, This is a new behavior where my unraid server is pausing for 1-30sec. This pausing is a total system freeze and affects all operations including terminal sessions, file transfers, videos playing, etc. The frequency and duration of the pauses varies. This is a new behavior and I haven't recently changed any hardware or software. Here's a description of the system: ASUS A7N8X-E m/b AMD Athlon 2500+ processor 1GB memory, 1 stick 5 1.5TB, 1 1TB drives (drives are pretty full, 10-20GB left on each if this might matter) 27GB system drive running slackware 12.2 2GB Cruzer running unRAID 4.4.2 MV8 PCI-X controller card Tried running just from USB stick (not running full slackware), same behavior Drives were running 39-42C, put a big fan in front of it and got drive temps down to 34-36C, same behavior Drives are not ticking or clunking All drives pass SMART short test, running long tests but so far no failures Located files on individual disks (pausing files not located on just one disk), ran SMART Long test on these drives first, passed, now running Long test on other disks. My thought is that this is a hardware failure and not the disks so my plan is to swap in another motherboard, ram, processor, and power supply. I only have one controller so I can't swap this. Has anyone else seen this behavior? If there is a simple fix or a likely root cause I'd love to hear it. Thanks, Phil/TW

Got the message: unpacking initramfs not syncing kernel panic: bad crc Eventually traced it to a bad stick of memory using memtest86. Didn't see this anywhere on the board so I wanted to share. Check your memory! Phil/TW

I just documented my install of blockcontrol, rtorrent and rutorrent onto my full slackware install unRAID installation and I'll be posting it in the next few days. I agree, ruTorrent is the best web interface to rTorrent I've used so far. Phil/TW

You sure did, I must have understod you the first time then got it in my head backwards this time. I'm so happy it's working! Also, user shares are working. My next project is getting moblock-control working, which I did on another slack machine, so it shouldn't be too hard . Famous last words. Thanks for your help, Phil/TW

This has got to be it, I was booting into my backup kernel the whole time so no wonder I kept seeing the same thing. I booted into the other vmlinuz kernel and was able to run emhttp WITH NO SEGFAULT ;D ;D ;D I'm doing a fresh install from scratch just to wipe the slate clean, I'll report on how it goes. Thanks again, Phil/TW

Just noticed something that might be relevant. This is an ls of my /boot directory on the hard drive: total 24045 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 920 Nov 6 08:41 ./ -rw------- 1 root root 97792 Nov 6 08:41 map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 890272 Nov 6 08:41 System.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1869936 Nov 6 08:41 vmlinuz drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 536 Nov 6 07:05 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 891468 Nov 6 06:41 System.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1874096 Nov 6 06:41 vmlinuz.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Nov 3 21:15 boot.0300 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168 Nov 3 21:15 boot_message.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Nov 3 21:13 config -> config-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Nov 3 20:55 README.initrd -> /usr/doc/mkinitrd-1.3.2/README.initrd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5040 Nov 29 2008 diag1.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1393024 Nov 20 2008 System.map-huge-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89081 Nov 20 2008 config-huge-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4540208 Nov 20 2008 vmlinuz-huge-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 927553 Nov 20 2008 System.map-generic-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89202 Nov 20 2008 config-generic-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2220880 Nov 20 2008 vmlinuz-generic-2.6.27.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1432921 Nov 20 2008 System.map-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89384 Nov 20 2008 config-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4727664 Nov 20 2008 vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 965704 Nov 20 2008 System.map-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89505 Nov 20 2008 config-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2347888 Nov 20 2008 vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.27.7-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15754 Feb 21 2008 slack.bmp In my lilo.conf I'm pointing at vmlinux-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp but it still has the Nov 20, 2008 date which is the date it was minted, while vmlinuz has dates reflecting it's been messed with lately. Is it possible when I run the final make install it's updating vmlinuz when it should be updating vmlinux-huge-smp-2.6.27.7-smp, or perhaps I should be pointing lilo.conf to vmlinuz? Thanks, Phil/TW

Ok, I thought since ifplugd was missing it might be part of the problem, but it sounds like it's not. What exactly does ifplugd do, and more importantly, any recomendations on how to get my box working with the full install? BubbaQ, I removed amd74xx from the .config and ran make, still getting the same segfault result. Just wondering, why do you think removing that might help and what driver do you want to be interfacing with the hard drive? Thanks, Phil/TW

Had to replace the hostname and inet1 sections of rc.M with this from the unRAID rc.M when I noticed there was no mention of ifplugd in the Slack rc.M: # Set the hostname. # tmm - modified to get hostname from ident.cfg file and ensure hostname is # defined as localhost alias in /etc/hosts (this lets wins name resolution work) if [ -r /boot/config/ident.cfg ]; then /usr/bin/fromdos </boot/config/ident.cfg >/var/tmp/ident.cfg source /var/tmp/ident.cfg else # fall back on this default: NAME=Tower fi /bin/hostname $NAME echo "# Generated" >/etc/hosts echo "127.0.0.1 $NAME localhost" >>/etc/hosts # Initialize the networking hardware. # tmm - if ifplugd is present, let it bring up the network h/w if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ]; then if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ifplugd ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 . /etc/rc.d/rc.ifplugd start else . /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start fi fi I'll check rc.S next to make sure there's no missing critical sections. The attached file contains my unraid and original slack rc.d files.

Do you mean disable the amd74xx in menuconfig config prior to running make?

Did it: Here's what I found: unRAID Stock lsmod Module Size Used by md_mod 51816 4 amd74xx 5896 0 ide_core 72324 1 amd74xx sata_mv 21132 5 libata 129492 1 sata_mv skge 33680 0 unRAID Slack lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 241956 19 ppdev 11268 0 lp 13572 0 parport_pc 28196 0 parport 34796 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc fuse 54684 1 nvidia_agp 10268 1 skge 42384 0 agpgart 32584 1 nvidia_agp shpchp 33172 0 i2c_nforce2 10244 0 button 10128 0 evdev 13088 3 thermal 19484 0 processor 36648 1 thermal thermal_sys 15144 2 thermal,processor hwmon 6300 1 thermal_sys The only module is common is skge which is for my Marvell 1Gbps lan, but Slack appears to be missing md_mod (perhaps because I cannnot start emhttp), amd74xx, ide_core, sata_mv and libata. unRAID Stock lsdev -bash: /usr/bin/lsdev: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory unRAID Slack lsdev Device DMA IRQ I/O Ports ------------------------------------------------ 0000:00:01.1 e400-e41f 0000:00:09.0 0170-0177 01f0-01f7 0376-0376 03f6-03f6 f000-f00f 0000:01:04.0 c000-c0ff 0000:01:07.0 c400-c4ff acpi 9 ACPI 4000-4003 4004-4005 4008-400b 4020-4027 44a0-44af amd74xx 0170-0177 01f0-01f7 0376-0376 03f6-03f6 f000-f00f cascade 4 dma 0080-008f dma1 0000-001f dma2 00c0-00df ehci_hcd:usb1 22 eth0 17 fpu 00f0-00ff i8042 1 ide0 14 ide1 15 keyboard 0060-0060 0064-0064 nForce2_smbus 5000-503f 5500-553f ohci_hcd:usb2 21 ohci_hcd:usb3 20 PCI 0cf8-0cff c000-cfff pic1 0020-0021 pic2 00a0-00a1 pnp 04d0-04d1 4000-407f 4080-40ff 4200-427f 4280-42ff 4400-447f 4480-44ff 5000-503f 5500-553f sata_mv 19 skge c000-c0ff timer 0 timer0 0040-0043 timer1 0050-0053 vga+ 03c0-03df wd7000 0320-0323 0350-0353 Don't know why unRAID stock can't execute lsdev? unRAID Stock lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at e400 [size=32] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at e9001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at e9002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at e9003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [44] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e6ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e7000000-e7ffffff 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE Kernel modules: amd74xx 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32 01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at e6500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7800000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?> Kernel driver in use: skge Kernel modules: skge 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 12 Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7820000 [disabled] [size=64K] 01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MV88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X Controller (rev 09) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 11ab Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at e6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] I/O ports at c400 [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device Kernel driver in use: sata_mv Kernel modules: sata_mv unRAID Slack lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface Kernel driver in use: agpgart-nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia-agp 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at e400 [size=32] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at e9001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at e9002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at e9003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [44] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e6ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e7000000-e7ffffff Kernel modules: shpchp 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE Kernel modules: pata_amd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32 Kernel modules: shpchp 01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at e6500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7c00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?> Kernel driver in use: skge Kernel modules: skge 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 12 Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7c20000 [disabled] [size=64K] Kernel modules: matroxfb_base 01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MV88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X Controller (rev 09) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 11ab Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at e6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] I/O ports at c400 [size=256] [virtual] Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7800000 [disabled] [size=4M] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device Kernel driver in use: sata_mv Differences 0:00.0 Slack indicates kernel driver agpgart-nvidia and module nvidia-agp, Stock does not 0:01.1 Slack indicates driver nForce2_smbus and module i2c0nforce2, Stock does not 0:02.0-0:02.1 Slack indicates ohci_hcd driver, ohci_hcd module, Stock only indicates driver 0:02.2 Slack indicates ehci_hcd driver, ehci_hcd module, Stock only indicates driver 0:08.0 Slack indicates shpchp module, Stock does not 0:09.0 Slack driver AMD_IDE, module pata_amd, Stock driver AMD_ide, module amd74xx 0:1e.0 Slack module shpchp, Stock does not 1:04.0 skge driver and skge module for both 1:06.0 Slack module matroxfb_base, Stock does not 1:07.0 Slack driver sata_mv, no module, Stock driver sata_mv, module sata_mv What does it mean when no module or no driver is indicated by lspci? The ones that stand out are those where Slack is using all sorts of drivers/modules and Stock is silent, and where Slack is using pata_amd and Stock is using amd74xx. What stands out for you?

9 passes of Memtest, no errors. Phil/TW

Went back to basic unraid .config with only the following changes (per the wiki) Initial RAM FS OFF File Systems: Ext3 and ReiserFS (RFS is what I chose to format with) Device Drivers/ATAPI Support/Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK Support Enhanced IDE ...support generic/default IDE chipset I saw these messages when I ran make: LD arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x342): Section mismatch in reference from the function cpu_exit_clear() to the function .cpuinit.text:cpu_uninit() The function cpu_exit_clear() references the function __cpuinit cpu_uninit(). This is often because cpu_exit_clear lacks a __cpuinit annotation or the annotation of cpu_uninit is wrong. AS arch/x86/kernel/head_32.o CC arch/x86/kernel/head32.o CC arch/x86/kernel/head.o CC mm/memory.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': include/asm/io_32.h:157: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC mm/mincore.o CC mm/mlock.o CC fs/cifs/dir.o fs/cifs/dir.c: In function 'cifs_ci_compare': fs/cifs/dir.c:626: warning: passing argument 1 of '__constant_memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type fs/cifs/dir.c:626: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC fs/cifs/file.o CC fs/cifs/inode.o CC fs/cifs/link.o CC drivers/acpi/scan.o drivers/acpi/scan.c:1165: warning: 'acpi_is_child_device' defined but not used CC drivers/acpi/ec.o CC drivers/acpi/button.o CC [M] drivers/ata/sata_sil24.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/ata/sata_via.o CC [M] drivers/ata/sata_sis.o LD drivers/crypto/built-in.o CC drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/firmware/memmap.o CC [M] drivers/net/sis190.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/sis900.o CC [M] drivers/net/bnx2.o CC [M] drivers/net/skge.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': include/asm/io_32.h:157: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/sky2.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': include/asm/io_32.h:157: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/via-rhine.o CC [M] drivers/net/via-velocity.o drivers/net/via-velocity.c: In function 'velocity_free_rd_ring': drivers/net/via-velocity.c:1275: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/via-velocity.c: In function 'velocity_free_td_ring_entry': drivers/net/via-velocity.c:1336: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size CC [M] drivers/net/b44.o CC [M] drivers/net/forcedeth.o CC [M] drivers/net/8139too.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/dl2k.o CC [M] drivers/net/r8169.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/parport/share.o CC drivers/parport/ieee1284.o CC drivers/parport/parport_pc.o drivers/parport/parport_pc.c: In function 'parport_pc_fifo_write_block_dma': drivers/parport/parport_pc.c:630: warning: passing argument 2 of 'dma_map_single' discards qualifiers from pointer target type LD drivers/parport/built-in.o CC drivers/pci/access.o CC drivers/pci/bus.o CC drivers/pci/probe.o CC drivers/pci/remove.o CC drivers/pci/pci.o CC drivers/pci/quirks.o CC drivers/pci/slot.o CC drivers/pci/pci-driver.o CC drivers/pci/search.o CC drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.o include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': include/asm/io_32.h:151: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/pci/rom.o CC drivers/pci/setup-res.o CC drivers/pci/proc.o CC drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x6d2): Section mismatch in reference from the function cpu_exit_clear() to the function .cpuinit.text:cpu_uninit() The function cpu_exit_clear() references the function __cpuinit cpu_uninit(). This is often because cpu_exit_clear lacks a __cpuinit annotation or the annotation of cpu_uninit is wrong. WARNING: vmlinux.o(.cpuinit.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable initial_code to the function .init.text:i386_start_kernel() The variable __cpuinitdata initial_code references a function __init i386_start_kernel(). If i386_start_kernel is only used by initial_code then annotate i386_start_kernel with a matching annotation. GEN .version HOSTCC arch/x86/boot/tools/build BUILD arch/x86/boot/bzImage Root device is (3, 1) Setup is 10572 bytes (padded to 10752 bytes). System is 1847 kB CRC 60d3ad12 Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#2) Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 61 modules CC drivers/ata/ahci.mod.o LD [M] drivers/ata/ahci.ko CC drivers/ata/ata_piix.mod.o LD [M] drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko They all concern me but especially the memory.o error at the top. This is 4.4.2 with 2.6.27.7 (downloaded from kernel.org), I'm going to try 4.5-beta7 next. Ran 4.5-beta 7 with 2.6.30.8 on Slack 12.20 and got similar messages during make: Initial RAM FS OFF File Systems: Ext3 and ReiserFS (RFS is what I chose to format with) Device Drivers/ATAPI Support/Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK Support Enhanced IDE ...support generic/default IDE chipset ran make CC kernel/cred.o include/linux/cred.h: In function 'get_cred': include/linux/cred.h:189: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_new_cred' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC kernel/async.o CC kernel/freezer.o CC mm/memory.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:69: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC mm/mincore.o CC mm/mlock.o CC mm/mmap.o CC fs/file_table.o include/linux/cred.h: In function 'get_cred': include/linux/cred.h:189: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_new_cred' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC fs/super.o CC fs/cifs/dir.o fs/cifs/dir.c: In function 'cifs_ci_compare': fs/cifs/dir.c:802: warning: passing argument 1 of '__constant_memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type fs/cifs/dir.c:802: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC fs/cifs/file.o CC fs/nfsd/auth.o include/linux/cred.h: In function 'get_cred': include/linux/cred.h:189: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_new_cred' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC fs/nfsd/lockd.o CC fs/proc/array.o include/linux/cred.h: In function 'get_cred': include/linux/cred.h:189: warning: passing argument 1 of 'get_new_cred' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC fs/proc/proc_tty.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/ata/sata_via.o CC drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/firmware/memmap.o CC drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.o drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c: In function 'ide_pio_bytes': drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c:230: warning: 'flags' may be used uninitialized in this function CC drivers/ide/ide-pm.o CC [M] drivers/net/sis190.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/sis900.o CC [M] drivers/net/skge.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:69: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/sky2.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_toio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:69: warning: passing argument 1 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/via-rhine.o CC [M] drivers/net/via-velocity.o CC [M] drivers/net/b44.o CC [M] drivers/net/forcedeth.o CC [M] drivers/net/8139too.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC [M] drivers/net/dl2k.o CC [M] drivers/net/r8169.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/parport/share.o CC drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.o /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h: In function 'memcpy_fromio': /usr/src/linux-2.6.30.8-unraid-special/arch/x86/include/asm/io_32.h:63: warning: passing argument 2 of '__memcpy' discards qualifiers from pointer target type CC drivers/pci/rom.o CC drivers/pci/setup-res.o LD vmlinux.o MODPOST vmlinux.o WARNING: modpost: Found 1 section mismatch(es). To see full details build your kernel with: 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y' GEN .version CHK include/linux/compile.h Root device is (3, 1) Setup is 10524 bytes (padded to 10752 bytes). System is 1990 kB CRC a5f61981 Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#1) Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 67 modules CC crypto/xor.mod.o LD [M] crypto/xor.ko CC drivers/ata/ahci.mod.o The fact that the messages are occurring on the same modules makes me think it's not RAM error, but to make sure I took out one stick then the other and the same messages appeared with the same XXXXX.o files. This makes me think it is not bad RAM, but I'm running memtest overnight just in case.

Ok, where you say "get the kernel" I've been downloading the kernel from kernel.org at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.27.7.tar.bz2. I don't know what the headers are, do I need to get something the headers from somewhere else? I'm not getting any errors compiling so I think I'm good. If this is a problem could I just use the kernel source that comes with Slack? It appears to be 2.6.27.7. I can definitely go back to unRAID config, copyin .config from /unraid/usr/src/linux/.config. I then modify it with just the things you indicate such as unselecting the Initial RAM file system, enabling all filesystem on the bootdisk, enabling the IDE drivers (my disk is IDE). And I boot into the new kernel with no problems. Is it possible the config from unraid is modifying the kernel in a way so it no longer matches the libc libraries that install with Slack 12.2? Are there perhaps some kernel options I NEED to select that I'm not? I have no idea what these might be, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm gonna get this ) I'd rather stick with the production 4.4.2 but if I have to go to a beta I will. Also, I meant to ask when you are setting up slackware, why don't you say to enable rc.ntpd and rc.samba since it appears these are copied over later on? Some system info just in case: lsmod __________________ Module Size Used by ipv6 241956 19 ppdev 11268 0 lp 13572 0 parport_pc 28196 0 parport 34796 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc fuse 54684 1 nvidia_agp 10268 1 skge 42384 0 agpgart 32584 1 nvidia_agp shpchp 33172 0 i2c_nforce2 10244 0 button 10128 0 evdev 13088 3 thermal 19484 0 processor 36648 1 thermal thermal_sys 15144 2 thermal,processor hwmon 6300 1 thermal_sys lsdev _________________________________ Device DMA IRQ I/O Ports ------------------------------------------------ 0000:00:01.1 e400-e41f 0000:00:09.0 0170-0177 01f0-01f7 0376-0376 03f6-03f6 f000-f00f 0000:01:04.0 c000-c0ff 0000:01:07.0 c400-c4ff acpi 9 ACPI 4000-4003 4004-4005 4008-400b 4020-4027 44a0-44af amd74xx 0170-0177 01f0-01f7 0376-0376 03f6-03f6 f000-f00f cascade 4 dma 0080-008f dma1 0000-001f dma2 00c0-00df ehci_hcd:usb1 22 eth0 17 fpu 00f0-00ff i8042 1 ide0 14 ide1 15 keyboard 0060-0060 0064-0064 nForce2_smbus 5000-503f 5500-553f ohci_hcd:usb2 21 ohci_hcd:usb3 20 PCI 0cf8-0cff c000-cfff pic1 0020-0021 pic2 00a0-00a1 pnp 04d0-04d1 4000-407f 4080-40ff 4200-427f 4280-42ff 4400-447f 4480-44ff 5000-503f 5500-553f sata_mv 19 skge c000-c0ff timer 0 timer0 0040-0043 timer1 0050-0053 vga+ 03c0-03df wd7000 0320-0323 0350-0353 lspci -v ____________________________________________________ 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface Kernel driver in use: agpgart-nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia-agp 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ac Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at e400 [size=32] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at e9001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at e9002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd Kernel modules: ohci-hcd 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at e9003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [44] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e6ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e7000000-e7ffffff Kernel modules: shpchp 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 0c11 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE Kernel modules: pata_amd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32 Kernel modules: shpchp 01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at e6500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7c00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data <?> Kernel driver in use: skge Kernel modules: skge 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2064W [Millennium] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 12 Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7c20000 [disabled] [size=64K] Kernel modules: matroxfb_base 01:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MV88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X Controller (rev 09) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 11ab Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at e6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] I/O ports at c400 [size=256] [virtual] Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e7800000 [disabled] [size=4M] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [60] PCI-X non-bridge device Kernel driver in use: sata_mv ethtool -i eth0 ______________________________ driver: skge version: 1.13 firmware-version: N/A bus-info: 0000:01:04.0 ethtool eth0 _______________________________ Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000037 (55) Link detected: yes Phil/TW

Actually both computers I've tried the procedure on generate the segfault. In January I was able to install 4.4.2 and Slackware 12.2 on the computer I'm now working on. I've disabled all the onboard peripherals I don't need, what about disabling the onboard SATA which I'm not using? The motherboard has two onboard NICs, I've used the 3COM one from the start and disabled the nVidia one, but I could switch. Also, I have several sticks of memory, is it possible bad memory is causing this? Seems unlikely given that both computers would have bad memory and generate the same fault. What do you think about using the latest unRAID beta and finding the matching kernel? Phil

Now I know, but they weren't mix-matched originally. Any other thoughts on what's going on?

Ran gdb with the following commands: file emhttp run and got the following output: (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/local/sbin/emhttp [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] mkdir: cannot create directory `/boot/config/shares': Not a directory [New Thread 0xb7da96c0 (LWP 2863)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [switching to Thread 0xb7da96c0 (LWP 2863)] 0xb7e208c1 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 then when I ran backtrace I got the following: (gdb) backtrace #0 0xb7e208c1 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x08051aea in get_color () #2 0x08051d24 in get_status () #3 0x0804d4f2 in restart_md_driver () #4 0x080527b3 in content_init () #5 0x0804c984 in init_dyncntnt () #6 0x0804ab87 in main () Since it's mentioned, /lib/libc.so.6 is a symlink pointing to /lib/libc-2.7.so. I diffed the libc-2.7.so in /unraid/lib and the one in /lib and it said they were different binaries. I backed up the one in /lib and copied over the one from /unraid, and it caused the computer to freeze and throw the linux equivalent of a BSOD. This was the error: /sbin/agetty: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libc.so.6 file too short Does any of this mean anything to you? This is another fresh install with the same result. This is really baffling!!! I appreciate your help in getting this to work again. Thanks, Phil/TW