Subject: Re: machine locks up
To: Matt Herzog <mherzog@mediaone.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/24/2000 13:05:48
Matt Herzog <mherzog@mediaone.net> writes:
> . This is the problem:
> 
> When I run my simple backup script (using tar gzip)
> my k6200 machine within a few minutes locks up 
> completely. No other odd behavior has been observed
> on this 1.4.2 machine. The backup dir is on the same
> physical disk as the rest of the file system. It's
> in /usr/bkps/image.d. The script knows not to include
> the backup dir in its backup. In any case the whole
> machine stops responding. Ping replies are: host is down.
> What are the odds the HDD is the culprit? 

Can you get the machine into ddb? Does the machine panic?

Perry