On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 10:43 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:
> I've just managed to trash a build33 system by attempting to copy the 
> /export/home filesystem from another server with rsync.
> 
> The rsync process started tho throw up I/O errors and on reboot, the 
> system can't find files in /etc/devices.  Before I reset the system, 
> most commands (ls, df...) were failing with bus errors.
> 
> The system (Gigabyte nForce3, single Seagate 200Gb SATA drive) was built 
> with separate / and /export/home slices and the rsync destination was on 
> /export/home.
> 
> So I've either got a duff drive, or something very nasty has happened.

With the I/O errors you're seeing, I'd suspect you've got a bad drive.

John


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