> Date sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:56:19 +0200 > From: "Thijs Boonstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [g4u-help] g4u freezes at ~300MB using slurpdisk > > > Hello , > > I've been using g4u very happily over the last 2 years. However > > currently I'm experiencing a problem using slurpdisk to retrieve an > > image from an FTP server. > > The situation is as follows: > > > > g4u client and ftp server are in the same network. > > The command used to put the image at the FTP server is "uploaddisk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] image.gz". > > The command used to retrieve the image is "slurpdisk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] image.gz" (password is entered when prompted). > > FTP server used is ProFTPD 1.2.10 (on Debian). > > g4u version 2.3 (CD version). > > The image is a windows XP Pro (ntfs filesystem). > > The only warning I see in DMESG is: > > WARNING: clock gained 107 days > > WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! > > > > At first everything seems to work fine, the download starts but > > freezes around ~300MB every time (give or take a megabyte). The FTP > > server itself doesn't show any weird behaviour. No errors > in FTP logs. > > After g4u freezes I can't ctrl-c out, the client completely > locks up. > > > > Anyone know what could be happening? > > TIA > > > > Thijs Boonstra > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: vrijdag 27 april 2007 15:13 > To: Thijs Boonstra > Subject: Re: [g4u-help] g4u freezes at ~300MB using slurpdisk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A couple of ideals? > > 1. are you getting an ip address via dhcpd? what is the lease time, > could it be the lease reaching the 50% make and renewing? > 2. Have you used the -t option to test the image? > 3. You could see if g4l might work with the image, it is similar to > g4u, but uses linux. I have used images created by g4u in the past. > You could boot from the cd, and run the g4l. You would have to go thru
> the menus. By default it puts the image files in the img subdirectory, > but you could use the P: Path option to change the path to blank. Then > use the F: > option to select the file. It also can use other compresssion methods. > > As a final note: The g4l also has NTFSCLONE as an option that is > faster to backup, since it only backs up used data, but the partition > must exist, and the MBR has to be created 1. The machine gets a lease for 24 hours, but g4u freezes after about 10 minutes. 2. Where can I place the -t flag to test an image? 3. I'll try g4l, and get back to you about the results. Thanks for replying! Thijs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help
