Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix.misc:225 comp.unix.xenix.sco:2617 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!raven.alaska.edu!milton!sumax!thebes!camco!bill From: bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: Need assistance with afio problem. Keywords: afio Message-ID: <1056@camco.Celestial.COM> Date: 27 May 91 18:11:31 GMT References: <446@yonder.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.misc Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA Lines: 25 In <446@yonder.UUCP> michael@yonder.UUCP (Michael E. Haws) writes: :I am trying to use afio to back up my 386 based SCO Xenix 2.3.2 system. :The command I use is :find /usr /u -print | afio -oZ -L/back/log | dd of=/dev/rct0 ibs=10b obs=1000b :Part way thru the backup, messages appear in the log file something to the :effect of "File table overflow" repeated many times. On the console the :message "Inode table overflow" appears many times. When the job :completes the "df" command shows 1000's of free inodes. I suspect it may :have something to do with the compressing of the data but does any one know :for sure. I've used afio extensively here for backups and use: find . -print | afio -ov -c 100 -f -s /dev/rct0 This handles multiple volumes properly, is fast, and has never failed on any of my systems. What more can I ask? Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591