Bash script clobbers something vital (lucid)

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:36 AM, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 03:47, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Have a look in syslog and see what are the first errors that appear
>> there.  No need to get it to fail again for this, you can go back to
>> the previous log, assuming you know when it happened.  Also if you run
>> the disc utilities do you see any errors noted in the SMART data?

Yesterday's syslog is 11 MB for this and other reasons.  I can't be
sure which entry goes with what.  I'm trying again today with shorter
runs, and I'll keep trying until I get something to report.
>>
>> Are you doing anything else when it fails (plugging/unplugging
>> additional usb devices for example)?

Nothing but some activity in my web browser (for which I sometimes get
complaints from tar).  Nothing gets mounted/unmounted/plugged
in/unplugged.

++ kevin

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD