netcup

when creating a 2GB file e.g. with dd if=/dev/zero of=test.blob bs=100M count=20 on a netcup VPS with by far enough free space the logfile /var/log/messages shows: Apr 25 16:52:57 n0 kernel: panic: handle_disk_io_initiation: Unexpected type jnewblk Apr 25 16:52:57 n0 kernel: cpuid = 0 Apr 25...

the symptoms look like https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/netcup-ipv6-intermittant.96489/ but the cure doesn't. From outside: $ ping 2a03:4000:5:f44:affe:beef::1 PING(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:4090:a242:835b:5ee0:c5ff:fe7f:6fed --> 2a03:4000:5:f44:affe:beef:0:1 ^C --- 2a03:4000:5:f44:affe:beef::1...

Hi everyone, I am aware there are a number of threads about this both here on FreeBSD's forums and on netcup itself, but largely the end result is to use another provider. Which is fine, but I've just entered a 6 month lease of a VPS with Netcup so would be nice to have a solution. For those...