On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 19:24 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 08 April 2006 18:51, Ron Johnson wrote: > > 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. > > / (excluding some stuff in /var and temporary and cache directories). > Looking > at about 75 GB
My old 60GB Maxtor has about 45GB free, so I'm filling it up to see if it pukes. Will report back with my finding. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
