> Yes, I've been doing it from the first virtual console. I did as you
> said and let it run until it locked up, then tried ctrl-alt-escape.
> Nothing :( No messages or anything are ever printed. It simply locks
> up at random points as cvsup runs.
What happens if you, say, download a very large file? Or if you download
a tarball of the src/dfports ( http://dragon.bsdtech.com/DragonFly/ ) and
ungzip/tar? I'm wondering if it's something with bad RAM or the drive,
triggered by file activity.