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Random VB Crashes, Win2003 Host, Linux 2.4 Guest

Posted: 9. Oct 2011, 01:29
by garys_2k
I run a VB on my Windows Home Server (kernel from Server 2003) to operate my Linux Smoothwall Express router. Randomly, days to weeks between events, the VB just crashes and disapears from the host OS. No issues with the host, it keeps on running and just restarting the guest will get it back, without issues. If it's any help, here is the very end of the log file from the last session that died this afternoon:

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174:34:35.550 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xe1 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
174:34:35.553 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
174:34:35.688 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x30 (26498 usec ago)
174:34:35.688 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
174:36:28.232 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x30 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:28.233 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
174:36:28.233 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xe1 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:28.235 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
174:36:32.462 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x30 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:32.462 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
174:36:32.462 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xe1 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:32.465 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
174:36:32.573 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x30 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:32.573 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
174:36:32.573 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xe1 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
174:36:32.576 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
186:34:22.292 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x30 (-1 usec ago)
186:34:22.292 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
186:34:22.292 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xe1 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
186:34:24.019 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
192:00:50.377 PIIX3 ATA: execution time for ATA command 0x30 was 46 seconds
Any ideas?

Re: Random VB Crashes, Win2003 Host, Linux 2.4 Guest

Posted: 15. Feb 2012, 15:28
by UncleBen
Happened to me when I was testing pause's effects on outlook and our LOB.

Perhaps IDE? Grab the Intel drivers and switch to SATA... I'm yet to try.

I was testing pause because it is presumably the same effect to users as taking a snapshot.

THis is my log, but I actually have no idea what the time stamps are so I don't actually know if this is the error from when it happened


00:01:20.724 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0xef (-1 usec ago)
00:01:20.724 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command
00:01:21.726 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: IDLE IMMEDIATE, CmdIf=0x25 (-1 usec ago)
00:01:21.726 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: aborting current command

*Edit: Gotta love how outlook crashes when it can't find exchange