[CentOS] Long tar -x: Box Shuts Down

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:49 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> My Centos 5.2 box shuts itself down during a long tar -x.  There is
>> plenty of disk available. This is new; it worked in the past.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
> 
> Are you dropping things on top of running programs (like tar itself) or
> /proc or /sys?

I hope not; I am putting the result in a data directory.

In and case, I can't run at all now.

Mike.