On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 17:04 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 08 April 2006 14:39, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 14:20 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > I just got a new 400 GB external Seagate hard drive connected by USB2 or > > > Firewire. The problem is, randomly while running faubackup backup at > > > night via cron, the system locks up with a kernel panic that I can't > > > scroll back on because it's too long and USB keyboards stop working after > > > panic. No output to system logs. Running manually causes the hard drive > > > to lock up the system about 2 out of 3 times. Is there a way to get this > > > undesired behavior to stop, short of going without any backup? > > > > Is the HDD attached via USB or Firewire? I'm guessing USB2, but > > want to clarify. > > > > Have you tried Firewire? I've never had troubles with it. > > I've tried both, but currently using firewire with it.
How much are you trying to copy? I've also got an external FW disk, so I'll try to make my system crash. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA (N.B. - This is hyperbole, not a heartfelt part of my core beliefs.) Windows sucks. No, really. Any butt-wipe pseudo-OS that *needs* kludges like PC-Anywhere or RDP for remote access, and only allows 1 login at a time shouldn't be allowed to exist, and it's developers should be shot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
