Pete Templin wrote: > > My nightly backup script seems to be hanging in the middle of its first > "dump": > > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Apr 2 00:11:29 1997 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/hda2 (/) to /dev/rft0 > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 14710 tape blocks on 0.01 tape(s). > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > > ps listing: > root 722 92.1 0.6 1016 400 p3 R 00:11 464:07 /usr/local/sbin/dump > > Any ideas, suggestions on how to fix? There have been no recent changes > to the system, except for the removal of some development libraries via > dselect. >
I'd try to run it with strace, piping the output somewhere so you can read it and find out where it's hanging. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]