Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:07:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Mark W. Krentel" <krentel@dreamscape.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.6-RC: Glacial speed of dump backups Message-ID: <200207240407.g6O47HZf025560@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200207240157.g6O1v0534203@dreamscape.com>
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:Matthew Dillon wrote:
:> If the filesystem is idle you'll be O.K. w/FreeBSD. I do not
:> know of any issues with Linux that make it any different from
:> FreeBSD. If you sync a couple of times dumping an idle filesystem
:> under Linux ought to work just about the same as dumping an
:> idle filesystem under FreeBSD.
:
:The following sequence produces the problem for me in Red Hat 7.1.
:You'll need a spare disk with a couple of unused partitions and mount
:points for them. Let's say /one and /two.
The filesystem wasn't idle and you didn't sync, so of course dump
screwed up! It would probably screw up on a FreeBSD box too.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
:Anyway, my Freebsd question is answered and we're getting off-topic.
:But if you ever figure out what's going on with Linux here and why
:Freebsd is different, I'd be very interested to hear what it is.
:
:--Mark
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