On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 at 9:54am, Mahidhar Kada wrote > I am getting this error from past 2 days. What could be the problem? > > linux /dev/hda5 0 0 0 -- 0:00 0.0 > 35:46 554.8 > > driver: linux /dev/hda5 0 [dump to tape failed, will try again] > > FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: > > /-- linux /dev/hda5 lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
Is this an early 2.4 kernel? There are known (bad) interactions between early 2.4 kernels and old(er) versions of dump. Either a) upgrade to a recent kernel and the most recent version of dump/restore (available at <http://dump.sourceforge.net>) or b) switch to tar. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
