On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 12:06:23PM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> 
> but it hangs there.  I've waited multiple minutes.  I thought it might
> be power, but for the latest test I powered the drives off a nearby
> desktop machine that has its cover off, and still no joy.

Have you tested the external disk alone? I've seen drives lock up
hard on shark's and it seemed to only be related to the drive (might
be firmware bugs, pio mode apparently is not used a lot these days)

Martin