Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:52:20 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@bonkers.video-collage.com> Cc: efinleywork@efinley.com, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: a new way to hang 7.0 Message-ID: <477A4594.7050304@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200712311620.lBVGKweV086742@bonkers.video-collage.com> References: <200712311620.lBVGKweV086742@bonkers.video-collage.com>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: >>> After correcting the destination path and REBOOTING, the dump >>> is proceeding. I removed the L-flag too, just in case :( >>> >>> Is this really a new way, or is it well known already? Thanks! >> -L has been hanging systems ever since it existed. Don't use it. > > Why does `dump' implore me to use it, then? Because the previous poster is being uncharitable with the facts :) There are a history of problems with -L (more generally, UFS snapshots), but these are believed to have been fixed over the past 2 years. Since you are claiming to have found a new one, please follow up with the usual kernel debugging so someone can try and study it. > I wonder, if this is also > a problem on DragonFlyBSD... Since Dragonfly is FreeBSD 4 + some stuff it is unlikely that it even supports UFS snapshots. Kris
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