Re: tar on nfs freezes
* Joerg Johannes (liste_joerg@gmx.de) spake thusly:
> Hello list
>
> My friend just bought a new HD, and wanted to throw out the old one. So
> what we did was
> - mount an nfs directory from my server (/nfsroot)
> - tar cplf - /root | (cd /nfsroot && tar xpf)
> - threw the HD out
> - started rescue system, partitioned, made filesystems
> - mounted /nfsroot and /newroot (on the new HD)
> - tar cplf - /nfsroot | (cd /newroot && tar xpf)
> during the last step, his machine freezes (it's SuSE and SuSE kernel
> with reiserfs), mine, the server, does not
>
> So, why could that be? (jumpers on the hd are all ok, one partition is a
> windows one, and windows works, too)
Which last step: tar -c, cd or tar -x? Can he read from /nfsroot?
Can he write to /newroot? Was it really "tar xpf" or was it "tar xpf -" (hint)?
Dima
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