mysqldump bus error - cored dumped

[dahr]

I 've been trying to backup a database from the command line with mysqldump

mysqldump - u user_name -p database_name > backup_filename

Then the system asks for a password.

I enter the password and just after I hit enter I got the error "Bus Error - core dumped".


Any help would be greatly appreciated

[davidanand]

check the dmesg what it says ....
the other option i would suggest is copy the /var/lib/mysql/