Hermann Frasch wrote:
>
> One of our customers has recently informed us of the following problem
> he
> encountered during an Incremental-Backup on a PC
> running Suse Linux 6.1:
>
> When he enters "dsmc incr" (ADSM-Client Version 3, Release 1, Level 0.1)
>
> the backup stops with the messages
>
> Incremental backup of volume '/'
> Bus error
>
> There aren't any error messages in the dsmerror.log.
> Has anybody else encountered a similar problem and can
> give us a hint as how to overcome it? What
> could "Bus error" mean in the context of an Incremental?
> Is it a bug in the client code and is there an update available?
>
> Thanks for any answers,
> Hermann Frasch
>
> --

If your customer is a university student, chances are that
he/she has overclocked the PC. Linux displays weird behaviour
(SIGBUS/SIGSEGVs all over the place) with badly overclocked
PCs.

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