[CentOS] Long tar -x: Box Shuts Down

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?

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   Les Mikesell
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