more on -> Re: [ale] segmentation fault.............

[Dow Hurst]

Unfortunately, no for local outfits that I've heard of.  I 
do usually have to followup with them on everything.  It is 
part of the game at this low a cost for parts and service. 
SGI's hardware support was much better at follow up/thru for 
us, but costs a lot more, so with budget cuts we had to drop 
their support.

I was thinking of the filesystem type such as ext2fs or xfs 
or reiserfs.  I know that dump and xfsdump were specific on 
SGIs for efs or xfs and one would not work on the other.
Dow


Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Thanks again Dow.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean. It's a Maxtor HD, IEEE1394 SBP-2 rig.... 
> split up into 5 virtual disks, i.e. /dev/sda[5-9], treated as a SCSI 
> device.
> 
> I don't know if dump supports it but presume so since it's installed as 
> a SCSI device running off a AHA-2944 adapter using aic7xxx driver.
> 
> I've been trying to back up /dev/sda[5-9] onto a Sony AIT tape drive 
> using....
>     dump 0af /dev/nst0 /dev/sda5
> etc...
> 
> I guess dump supports all SCSI drives including ieee1394 devices. It 
> certainly functions OK as a sequence of scsi HDs.
> 
> By the way, thanks for the suggestion of having the repair outfit here 
> in Alpharetta look at the Sony AIT tape drive. I know you were trying to 
> help but they never even called me back after talking to one of their 
> repairmen. Any other ideas for trouble with the tape drive in the future ?
> 
> Most Appreciatively,
> 
> Courtney
> 
> Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>> What is your filesystem on /dev/sda5?  I know this sounds stupid, but 
>> does dump support your filesystem type?  Just trying to help out,
>> Dow
>>
>>
>> Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Just tried it again and got........      Kernel Panic
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> Courtney
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 

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