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From: wsinpdb@lso.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: swap on disk1
Message-ID: <1306@tuewsd.win.tue.nl>
Date: 20 Jul 90 08:42:43 GMT
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In article <1990Jul17.183807.6417@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes:
>Speaking of swapping -- i have been experiencing some problems with adding swap
>areas (with the "swap -a" command) on my ESIX 5.3.2-C system (i experienced the
>same problems on my microport system as well).  Sometime soon after adding a
>swap area on a second disk (either scsi or mfm)...

I too was having i/o error in swap problems (and panic) with AT&T sVr3.2u.
I have 2 ESDI drives (different brand and capacity) on an Adaptec 2322
(no B, C or D, this one is over a year old). No panic when only swapping to
disk0, regular panics when swapping on both disks.

I reformatted disk1, made sure to have the correct bad-track entries,
and formatted the drive vertically (it had been formatted horizontally but
was being used vertically).

Then I started beating on the system (with software) even harder than before,
but panics are truly and honestly gone. I would suggest reformatting,
running diagnostics and making sure you get the bad-track entries right.

Paul.
(debra@research.att.com)