> Can you set up a second filesystem and try to sync only that one (I am > not sure how to do that). When sync hangs, can you check what makes > it hang and what is going on in ext2fs?
Hm, I see no option at sync which provides an FS choice. > You can do this by attaching gdb to ext2fs. Make sure you have > debugging symbols. I'd like to see at least a backtrace of every > thread and all other stuff that might seem useful. I think Debian strips the binaries, but it sometimes provides packages with unstripped binaries seperatedly. But I do not have much experiences with gdb (typical DDD candy-ass ...) and I think understanding the manual could take hours. And even if I understood it, I would probably not do that what you actually wanted me to. Could you tell me how to do it simply? > > Modifying data on a running but unsyncable FS has completely destroyed > some > > installations of mine. > > We talked on IRC about this, do you only get the problem with > `reboot'? When sync hung (I have only once made it hang (but the shutdown process never hung when I did sync before successfully), so it is not really sure), I tried `halt' to test that. And it was the same result as with `reboot' before. Sören -- "Sie haben neue Mails!" - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt aktivieren unter http://www.gmx.net/info -- NEU : GMX Internet.FreeDSL Ab sofort DSL-Tarif ohne Grundgebühr: http://www.gmx.net/dsl _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
