hmm, on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 08:44:21AM +0200, Jan Stary said that
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> On Aug 13 02:33:09, frantisek holop wrote:
> > hi there,
> > 
> > i welcome everyone reading this mail with the hollywood plot like
> > subject line.
> > 
> > here's what's happening, plain and simple: during the upgrade process,
> > for some months now --- every couple of week i upgrade to -current ---
> > the upgrade process stops/stalls always exactly at 77% of base46.tgz.
> > no amount of waiting helps.  the script has to be interrupted and then
> > started again in which case it finishes as if nothing has ever happened.
> > 
> > the destination (wd0a) is checked with fsck during the upgrade process,
> > the flash disk (sd0a) i am installing from has been checked with fsck.
> > i think corrupt files/archives/file systems can be ruled out.
> 
> > wd0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <SILICONMOTION SM223AC>
> > wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 3815MB, 7815024 sectors
> > wd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
> 
> How long have you been waiting after the stall? Seriously.
> I wouldn't be surprised if it took this card a _long_ time
> before making the next write.

a whole night is not enough?

-f
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