From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 1 7:56:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from scribe.pobox.com (scribe.pobox.com [208.210.124.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929B637B401 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 07:56:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamil_taylor@pobox.com) Received: from jamil (unknown [64.32.165.75]) by scribe.pobox.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A0CD3258B for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:56:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jamil Taylor" To: Subject: RE: System Hang During tar Backup Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:56:00 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I attempted this one more time and got it to work. What I had to do this time was reboot the machine in single user mode. I entered the following commands after pressing space during boot: unload load kernel boot -s After boot, I mounted all drives and successfully used tar to backup all files. I used the same tar syntax, with the exception of running it verbose. If I now have to use tar in single user mode, so be it. I did not have to do this previously though. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jamil Taylor Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 1:43 PM To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: System Hang During tar Backup I am encountering a problem when using tar to backup the files on my system. I am uncertain of when this problem began, but this worked a month ago. The backup seems to run for at least ten minutes, but the system seems to hang after a period of time. Keyboard input appears on the screen, but control-C has no effect. Control-Alt-Delete has no effect either, and my only option is to press the reset button or power down the machine. No services are active when the system is in this state (i.e., I cannot make a remote connection to the machine). I am running 4.3-STABLE that was built after a cvsup of RELENG_4 as of yesterday. I am using the following syntax: tar --create --totals --absolute-paths --file /dev/rsa0 / My hardware is a Seagate Scorpion STD2401LW. This is a DDS4 DAT drive. Is anyone else experiencing a similar problem? Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message