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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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