> > I use the built-in snapshot capability of dump(8), with the -X option:
> >
> > dump -0au -h 0 -X -f- ${fs} | gzip -9 > $outfile
> Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. I'll see if changes anything.
It just completed one entire dump this way with no crash.
That hadn't happened in 6 days. Hmmmmmm.