[ale] segmentation fault.............

[Courtney Thomas]

Attempting to tape [/dev/nst0] backup a harddrive [/dev/sda5] using the 
command.....

	dump 0af /dev/nst0 /dev/sda5

under Debian-2.4.17, I am getting crashes with screen errors such 
as..........

	Init ID "2" : respawning too fast, disabled for 5 min

	segmentation fault

as well as screens full of Code so and so, and lots of other stuff !

What's the probable problem and cure ?

Appreciatively,
-- 
Courtney Thomas
s/v Mutiny
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619