dump on old 1.2 Ultrix...

[George Robbins]

In article <2425 at orion.cf.uci.edu> iglesias at orion.cf.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) writes:
> I saved a message from info-unix about 2 years ago that said how to
> speed up dumps to tk-50s under Ultrix 1.2.  I've used it to reduce the
> time to save the /usr partition on an RD53 (~42mb, ~40mb used) from 
> 3 hours to 30 minutes.  The message is enclosed below.
... 
> In article <241 at kosman.UUCP>, kevin at kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) writes:
> > Running dump(8) on a MicroVAX, Ultrix 1.2A -- and I'm getting REAL
> > tired of waiting for the tape...
... 
> Use b and s flags (bs 126 7400) and it will stream.  Restore will also
> work under Ultrix using the b flag (b 126) flag.  Our backup script follows...

Sigh...  (I'll try to say nothing more on this subject 8-| )

*** he mounts the 1.2 distribution tape ***

' Script started on Tue Aug  8 02:23:48 1989
' csh> mt fsf 2
' csh> restore xvf /dev/nrmt0h etc/restore
' Verify tape and initialize maps
' Dump   date: Thu Feb 20 09:56:07 1986
' Dumped from: Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
' Extract directories from tape
' Initialize symbol table.
' Make node ./etc
' Extract requested files
' 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 forward towards the first.
' Specify next volume #: 1
' extract file ./etc/restore
' Add links
' Set directory mode, owner, and times.
' csh> mt rew
' csh> mt fsf 2
' csh> ./etc/restore xvbf 10 /dev/nrmt0h etc/dump  <<<---<<< Ultrix 1.2 restore
' Bad key character b
' Usage:
'         restore tfBhsvy [file file ...]
'         restore xfBhmsvy [file file ...]
'         restore ifBhmsvy
'         restore rfBsvy
'         restore RfBsvy
' csh> 
' script done on Tue Aug  8 02:27:13 1989

Have you ever tried to restore one of those suckers?

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