Re: 2.1.42 lockup
Stephen Richard Ives (ives+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Sun, 1 Jun 1997 11:18:24 -0400 (EDT)
Excerpts from internet.computing.linux-kernel: 31-May-97 Re: 2.1.42
lockup by "Richard B. Johnson"@ana
> Just a question, what is 'taper`. If it is like tar, did you remember
> to use use some command-line switch to remain on the same file system?
> If not, once you try to "backup" the /proc file-system you will run into
> /proc/kcore.... get into an infinite loop, and require the 3-finger salute.
It is similar to tar, but with additional features like backup logs,
etc. In any case, taper will watch for /proc and skip over it, unless
they mangled the default configuration...