Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:55:03 +0200 | From | Thierry Danis <> | Subject | Re: cpio trouble with 2.2.10-ac4 SMP |
| |
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 05:37:49PM +0200, Thierry Danis wrote: > > Hello, > > I have observed a strange behaviour using cpio on a 2.2.10-ac4 SMP box. > > strichnine is the SMP box. > dgps6 is a 2.2.10-ac4 UP box. > willy is a 2.2.10-ac4 UP box. > > >From dgps6, as root : > # rsh strichnine 'cd /usr; find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB' >/dev/null > > The command ends up prematuraly (in the middle of X11R6). No log on either > machine. > > # rsh strichnine 'cd /usr; tar cvf - .' >/dev/null > > The command completes normally. > > > >From dgps6, as root : > # rsh willy 'cd /usr; find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB' >/dev/null > > The command completes normally. > > > To summary, a cpio on an SMP box sent to /dev/null through the network dies. > As a consequence, it is impossible to backup the SMP box using cpio. > > A+, > -- > Thierry Danis > Poste : 53 53 danis@spmo.sagem.fr >
I may add that a local cpio redirected to /dev/null succeeds (find . -depth -print | cpio -ovB >/dev/null 2>/tmp/zz) so there does not seem to be some kind of corruption on the file systeme.
A+, -- Thierry Danis Poste : 53 53 danis@spmo.sagem.fr
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |