freebsd 5.0 and snapshots

2003-01-23 Thread Alan Chen
I am trying to get snapshots working on FreeBSD 5.0. I looked in the handbook on the web and the file: "/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.snapshot" and executed the command: "mount -u -o snapshot /var/snapshot/snap1 /var" and get the message: "mount: /var/snapshot/snap1 on /var: specified device d

filesystem snapshots causes system to hang

2003-01-31 Thread Alan Chen
Hello! I am new to BSD and am asking for some help. When I try to get a snapshot mounted (mount -u -o snapshot /foo/bar /foo) the disk churns for a few minutes and then stops. After the disks stop churning, the system hangs. By hanging, I mean: frozen ssh sessions, frozen local console, co