Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:13:32 -0700 From: Clint Olsen <clint.olsen@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with dump stalling Message-ID: <20081008181332.GE32260@0lsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20081008170141.34C264500F@ptavv.es.net> References: <20081008085412.GA71654@icarus.home.lan> <20081008170141.34C264500F@ptavv.es.net>
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On Oct 08, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I had a system that was showing these exact symptoms David described. It > did this both with -L and without. I went for about 3 months without a > successful dump. I did at least two full system re-installs to no avail. > Then, about 3 weeks ago, when I was about to start some serious > debugging, it started working again. Nothing was touched between the last > failure and the first success. I'm completely baffled! I had a lengthy discussion with Jeremy about this where he lowered the boom on my expectations with UFS2 and dump. I find the lack of a real incremental backup solution with the default filesystem in FreeBSD to be an alarming problem. Thanks, -Clint -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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