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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2000 00:33:24 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>
To:        keith@mail.telestream.com
Cc:        Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: restore time
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.05.10005280026560.15996-100000@earth.wnm.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005271428510.12482-100000@mail.telestream.com>

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On Sat, 27 May 2000 keith@mail.telestream.com wrote:

> My file systems are laid out like this
> 
> Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/da0s1a     39647    22923    13553    63%    /
> /dev/da0s1f   1459018  1117536   224761    83%    /usr
> /dev/da0s1e     19815     3420    14810    19%    /var
> /dev/da1s1e  34465125   673658 31034257     2%    /home
> procfs              4        4        0   100%    /proc
> 
> restore > 
> restore > cd games
> restore > add worms
> restore > extract
> You have not read any tapes yet.
> Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start
> with the last volume and work towards the first.
> Specify next volume #: 1
> 
> That is where is just sits there forever. With occasional movement on the
> drive.
> 
> Seem normal?
> 
#define forever :)

The main factor is the size of the archive. A 1.8G dump isn't the
largest in the world but it's not trivial either. Depending on your
definition of "forever," it could very well be perfectly normal for the
size of the archive and the speed of your equipment. Tape and dump have
their drawbacks and slowness is the most significant.


-ac

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