Ritesh Majumdar wrote: > Hello List, > > I am trying to untar a 450 MB tar file on ext3 file system, but every > time untar (using the command "tar zxvf <filename>) hangs and I see no > disk activity. Stating which kernel you are using would be a help ... stracing the untar might tell you where it's at from the userspace perspective; echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger would give you all of the kernel thread tracebacks, and you could find the tar process in there to see where it is stuck. -Eric > While I use ReiserFS file system I can untar the same file successfully. > > I am not sure what is missing here. > > Please Help!!! > > Many Thanks, > Ritesh. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users