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 -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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