rsync to my external eSATA HD is crashing/freezing my system...

[Fabian Cenedese]

>Since the move to fc26, this command has caused the complete freeze/crash of the system.  I tried it under multi-user non-graphic mode in case it was something to do with new graphics systems (don't know why).  The output of the above always stops at:
>sending incremental file list
>.d..t...... Music/FLACs/Various_Artists/Temple_Sampler/
>>f+++++++++ Music/FLACs/Various_Artists/Temple_Sampler/13-brian_mcneill-the_butterfly_chain.flac
>
>(total 183 bytes file size, always)
>
>By complete freeze/crash I mean:
>* hard-drive light indicates spinning, but no noise (activity)
>* unable to ssh in
>* unable to ping
>* in multi-user text, I'm first able to switch to another login console, but then unable to progress past the login password; after switching to other consoles, the original login screen attempt has gone blank other than a blinking cursor top left
>* in graphic mode, there's no (inter)activity whatsoever possible - though screen has desktop on it
>* the only apparent solution is a hard reset
>
>The external drive is a WD 750GB hard-drive in a StarTech.com external hard-drive caddy connected via eSATA cable to an old Dell Vostro 3500.

Did you check the drive for SMART info/errors? Sounds to me like a
hardware problem.

bye  Fabi