I run a nightly backup at 2AM of our Fedora Core 1 server using Mondo. About once every two weeks the system will freeze up. It won't process email, present web pages, and I can't log into it using SSH. The console screen is blank. We have to cold start server. The easiest suggestion is to stop using Mondo, but I like the fast recovery Mondo offers. So we're trying to figure out how to diagnose this problem and where to start. Memory, Hard Drive (is new), IDE controller, etc? Does anyone have any ideas where to start? Thanks, --Bill Wesson This is my script to run Mondo daily at 2AM: mkdir -p /home/mondo/`date +%A` mondoarchive -Oi -d /home/mondo/`date +%A` -E "/home/mondo" Log files don't provide any clues. CRON log for Sunday-2AM Oct 24 01:50:00 payson CROND[24793]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/weblogs) Oct 24 02:00:00 payson CROND[25052]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.daily-2am) Oct 24 02:00:00 payson CROND[25056]: (root) CMD (nice --adjustment=15 /usr/local/sbin/update_site_summary_cache) Oct 24 02:00:00 payson CROND[25054]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/weblogs) Oct 24 02:01:00 payson CROND[25961]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Oct 24 02:10:00 payson CROND[7866]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/weblogs) CRON log for Monday-2AM Oct 25 01:50:00 payson CROND[29959]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/weblogs) Oct 25 02:00:00 payson CROND[30059]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.daily-2am) Oct 25 02:00:00 payson CROND[30063]: (root) CMD (nice --adjustment=15 /usr/local/sbin/update_site_summary_cache) Oct 25 02:00:00 payson CROND[30061]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/weblogs) Oct 25 02:01:00 payson CROND[30953]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Oct 25 07:28:59 payson crond[2982]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) MESSAGES log for Monday-2AM Oct 25 01:50:08 payson logger: weblogs: (29959) done. Oct 25 02:00:00 payson logger: weblogs: (30061) starting. Oct 25 02:00:01 payson autofs: automount shutdown succeeded Oct 25 02:00:09 payson logger: weblogs: (30061) done. Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 68.157.222.155#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 207.65.0.25#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 68.157.222.155#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 207.65.0.25#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 68.157.222.155#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 207.65.0.25#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 68.157.222.155#53 Oct 25 02:04:03 payson named[1736]: lame server resolving 'dogg.com' (in 'dogg.c om'?): 207.65.0.25#53 Oct 25 07:27:44 payson syslogd 1.4.1: restart. 1AM - Monday total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 773208 713100 60108 0 66540 522432 -/+ buffers/cache: 124128 649080 Swap: 2048248 90048 1958200 2AM - Monday total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 773208 768768 4440 0 102908 491276 -/+ buffers/cache: 174584 598624 Swap: 2048248 90048 1958200 Thanks, Bill Wesson, Network Administrator Vision Engraving Systems http://www.visionengravers.com 17621 N. Black Canyon Hwy Phoenix, AZ 85023 602-439-0600