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Hi folks,

I have a big problem.... and need help from your experience/knowledge.

I previously install and use FREEBSD 7.0 release on my storage/backup
file server, for some reason, I can not transfer any files that is bigger
than 1GB. If I transfer it to Freebsd file server, the system complain
a kernel panic and reboot itself. So, I then waited and finally try
the new FreeBSD 7.1 release 2 days ago and test out with
transfer a file larger than 1GB, well, the system just freeze so I have
to reboot the system.
So does anyone know what is going on? Is there a limit size on for
transfer large file? What can I do to resolve this? FreeBSD is my file
server and backup and if I can not transfer large file guess I have to
change to UBUNTU and hope that it will not have the same problem.

My system info:
P4 640 3.2 GHZ, 2GB memory, 80gb hd for FREEBSD, 640GB storage.

One more thing, as I keep rebooting my system, the hard drive is starting
to get a few bad sector now too.

PLEASE help me,

THanks FOLKS

Sound more like a problem with the hardware than the software. When transferring the file you probably hit a bad sector and BSD (for some reason) panics. I have to admit that it's pretty unusual for it to panic at that, but it's possible. How old is your harddisk, and what's the output of fsck?

pludi, thanks for your reply.

I have western digital 640GB about 6 months old and it OEM unit.
I first run and test out the hard disk surface a couple of time
when I got it and seem fine. But since I keep encounter
this kernel panic problem, the system reboot it self in ver 7.0 release,
both my hard drive seem to have some corrupted place on it.

Previously, I have no problem transfer the file a couple of months
at first use of the hard drive, just recently back to 3 months max.
So I think it the hard drive also, but before I go purchase new
one just want to ask around to see anyone have same issue and
what do they do to resolve it. Money is tight these days.