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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:41:16 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Abdallah Harb <abdallah.harb@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: Cougar -- System clock failure
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According to the man page for hwclock command, hwclock hanging is a
common symptom of your hardware clock not functioning.

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:28:08 -0800 Abdallah Harb
<abdallah.harb@onstor.com> wrote:

> No, the problem seems to be isolated to the failed unit only.
> I already tried the CF in another unit and it worked ok.
> Moreover, the failed unit continued to report the same failure even
> when a new CF was used.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp 
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: Abdallah Harb
> Subject: Re: Cougar -- System clock failure
> 
> Weird.  But it does sound familiar.  I think I've seen this before but
> I can't remember what caused it.  Does the problem move with the CF
> card if you try it in another cougar?
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:25:43 -0800 Abdallah Harb
> <abdallah.harb@onstor.com> wrote:
> 
> > Andy,
> > 
> > What do you think is causing this failure?
> > The system hangs during boot-up and during shut-down while trying to
> > set or save the system clock. Attached are two screen captures of
> > the failure.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Abdallah
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _____________________________________________
> > From: Brian Stark
> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:46 PM
> > To: Abdallah Harb
> > Subject: RE: Cougar -- System clock failure
> > 
> > Not sure if the system is hanging at the "setting the system clock"
> > message or whatever comes next.  Please ask Andy Sharp about this...
> > 
> > 
> > _____________________________________________
> > From: Abdallah Harb
> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:43 PM
> > To: Brian Stark
> > Subject: Cougar -- System clock failure
> > 
> > Brian,
> > 
> > Can you please take a look at this attachment that shows a capture
> > of a Cougar booting up to run time? The unit hangs at this message:
> > "Setting the system clock". I've already confirmed that I can update
> > the date from the PROM.
> > 
> > What do you think that might be causing this failure?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Abdallah
> > 
> > 
> >  << File: system clock.TXT >>
> > 
> > 
