On 3 Apr 2002 at 1:22am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I have experienced this several times now on more than one machine. For > example: > > vulcan.int /usr lev 0 FAILED [data timeout] > > When I check vulcan, I see dumps are still running and I have to kill > them (after amdump has finished).
What type of machine, running what OS, and using what backup program? If I may hazard a guess, is this a Linux box running a recent distro (i.e. 2.4 kernel) and using dump? If that's the case, then this is a standard problem (and the cause of a couple of near flame wars (or, as near as this list ever comes)). The only sure-fire method of solving it in this case is to use tar rather than dump for your backups. Although updating dump to the most recent version may help as well. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
