From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 08:46:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9626510656A2 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@esn.org.za) Received: from serendipity.wcape.school.za (seren.esn.org.za [196.211.28.252]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2327B8FC0A for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@esn.org.za) Received: from intsika.ct.esn.org.za ([196.211.28.250] helo=ct.esn.org.za) by serendipity.wcape.school.za with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1KnUPl-0004vF-1e for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:29:01 +0200 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:29:00 +0200 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Problem with dump stalling Thread-Index: AckpH+pdRoZK3gVFSxmCMbLpGBoxCA== From: "David Peall" To: X-Antivirus-Scanned: Clean by seren.wcsn.org.za Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Problem with dump stalling X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:46:41 -0000 Hi =20 If I have the wrong list please feel free to redirect me. =20 I'm running 7.0-RELEASE-p4 and trying to backup to an external USB drive. =20 I'm using the following command dump -a0Lf /backup/diskimages/root /dev/mfid0s1a =20 Where df: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a 507630 208436 258584 45% / /dev/da1s1d 709513458 9853800 642898582 2% /backup =20 The following processes start=20 75399 p0 I+ 0:00.04 dump -a0Lf /backup/diskimages/root /dev/mfid0s1a (dump) 75402 p0 S+ 0:00.71 dump: /dev/mfid0s1a: pass 4: 77.05% done, finished in 0:00 at Wed Oct 8 08:25:06 2008 (dump) 75403 p0 S+ 0:00.85 dump -a0Lf /backup/diskimages/root /dev/mfid0s1a (dump) 75404 p0 S+ 0:00.96 dump -a0Lf /backup/diskimages/root /dev/mfid0s1a (dump) 75405 p0 S+ 0:00.86 dump -a0Lf /backup/diskimages/root /dev/mfid0s1a (dump) =20 But it just stops at a random percentage, the system continues to run and the processes are killable? =20 Perhaps I'm using dump incorrectly if anyone could help would be greatly appreciated. =20 Regards =20 -- David Peall :: IT Manager e-Schools' Network :: http://www.esn.org.za/ =20 Phone +27 (021) 674-9140