On 13 Jun 2003 at 9:25am, Eric Sproul wrote

> No, in fact the host is running the 2.4.7-10smp kernel that was
> originally installed.  I'm anticipating replacing this machine with new
> hardware sometime this year, so I think I'll just switch to tar until I
> can rip it out.

There have been a number of security and other fixes since that kernel 
(and release) came out -- if at all possible, I'd rather encourage you to 
upgrade it anyway.

> Strangely, most of my clients are 2.4.x Linux machines, and this is the
> only one I've had a problem with using dump.  MMMV (My Mileage Must
> Vary).  ;)

Yes, this issue pops up here and there, seemingly at random.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University