From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 20:18:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 201A6106566B for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:18:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from takeda@takeda.tk) Received: from chinatsu.takeda.tk (h-74-0-89-210.lsanca54.covad.net [74.0.89.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB118FC1A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:18:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from takeda@takeda.tk) Received: from TAKEDA-WS (takeda.lan [10.0.0.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by chinatsu.takeda.tk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m81KHv2m032365 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from takeda@takeda.tk) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:17:50 -0700 From: =?windows-1250?Q?Derek_Kuli=F1ski?= X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.99.3) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1559181345.20080901131750@takeda.tk> To: "Kevin Oberman" In-Reply-To: <20080901201324.191594501A@ptavv.es.net> References: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:06:35 EDT." <200809011606.m81G6Sfq047073@lava.sentex.ca> <20080901201324.191594501A@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8131/Mon Sep 1 06:33:22 2008 on chinatsu.takeda.tk X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Michael Subject: Re: bin/121684: : dump(8) frequently hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:18:09 -0000 Hello Kevin, Monday, September 1, 2008, 1:13:24 PM, you wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I'm pretty sure I have done a full fsck, but > not positive, so I will try one tomorrow. The system is in a location > which is unmanned today due to the holiday, and a full fsck kind of needs > either a human or remote console. > I have tried both with and without snapshots, so those don't seem to be > the problem. > In any case, I'll know more tomorrow. You can also make a snapshot and run fsck on it. According to the documentation, if system is good state, then fsck on a snapshot should return no errors. I don't know how does it work the other way (i.e. if there are no errors shown, does that mean fs is ok?) -- Best regards, Derek mailto:takeda@takeda.tk Hey! It compiles! Ship it!