server crashes on cpio...

[Pady Srinivasan]

Dell 600c, RedHat  Kernel 2.4.18-24.8.0   When I do a "cpio -ocvB" to a tape drive, it works fine. But when I try to read from the tape ( cpio -ictv ), it lists the files and the system then crashes. I don't see any log messages in /var/log files. Should I be looking elsewhere ? The tape drive is a Tatsun ( 20/40 Gb ) drive.   Any suggestions appreciated.       Thanks   -- pady [EMAIL PROTECTED]