Re: Using xfsdump On Linux With IRIX Version 1 FS?

[Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 at 09:26, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> >   # losetup -r /dev/loop0 /path/to/IRIXbackup
> >   # hexedit /dev/loop0 ...or whatever tool you'll be using.
> 
> Which has what advantage over directly changing the image?

Sean mentioned the "thrashing of the old disk" and I figured I'd be 
worried not only by that but that the old disk might die anytime soon. So 
I wanted to present an alternative to do the search - I don't know too 
much about his setup, so it's up to him to follow this advice or not.

> Even with just 10MB/s it's less than 4 Minutes for 2GB.
> In comparison it takes over 3 hours to copy a modern 1TB HDD @ 80MB/s.

?? (what kind of comparison is that?)

C.
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