Re: star quitting when changing tapes

Hi,

> jon fritsch wrote:
> This was working fine for about a year.  Suddenly, I
> began having problems with multivolume spans.  A full
> dump would make it through an entire tape, prompt me
> to change it, and then when I did and hit return, the
> terminal window it was running in would vaporize and
> the backup would end there. 

On Linux systems it can be a consequence of virtual memory 
shortage if windows disappear. At least that could match
your observation of a sudden and inexpected change. Did
you install some memory intensive service shortly before ?
(The fattest memory comsumer within star might be fifo= )


Have a nice day :)

Thomas