Extracting >100GB archive over night resulted in unresponsive system (mouse & kb, screen stuck)
by tuxducky from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SNYC)
Hey I tried to extract a >100GB archive on a different hard drive over night by using pv file.tar.gz | tar xzf -
sadly now, turning on my screen I can't move the mouse, the keyboard is dead and the screen / progress bar is stuck in the middle, the time doesn't move. Apparently it got stuck at 03:20 am.
Before I turn my screen off last night, I disabled any energy savings options in the settings.
What are ny options here? I accept that the operation failed and I have to restart the system, the problem is that I am worried about a forceful restart while the hard drive is writing/reading etc...
How can I restart the system without damaging the drive? (or keep the damage as little as possible)
Distro: Debian 11 Bullseye, installed nvidia drivers 460, 16GB RAM
sadly now, turning on my screen I can't move the mouse, the keyboard is dead and the screen / progress bar is stuck in the middle, the time doesn't move. Apparently it got stuck at 03:20 am.
Before I turn my screen off last night, I disabled any energy savings options in the settings.
What are ny options here? I accept that the operation failed and I have to restart the system, the problem is that I am worried about a forceful restart while the hard drive is writing/reading etc...
How can I restart the system without damaging the drive? (or keep the damage as little as possible)
Distro: Debian 11 Bullseye, installed nvidia drivers 460, 16GB RAM