<snip> >> More than likely it is a problem with the Linux reverse engineered >> support for a Windows proprietary file system. Why back up to NTFS? > > Originally I was backing up across the LAN to the drive attached to my > XP workstation. That would isolate the error if it was caused by the NTFS driver. I would use a linux supported filesystem unless you *need* to be able to look at these dump files from a windows workstation. Also see if the Manu. has a test program to verify the drives. Sometimes a few of the PATA to USB interfaces do some strange things to I/O streams. I have a drive that would consistently lock my old XP workstations USB interfaces, but works fine on the new one. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080908/9150c1ec/attachment-0005.sig>