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From: igp@pleiades.mel.dbce.csiro.au (Ian Pearson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: PC backup using pc-nfs
Keywords: pc-nfs
Message-ID: <700@pleiades.mel.dbce.csiro.au>
Date: 12 Jun 91 23:57:16 GMT
Organization: CSIRO, Div. Building Constr. and Eng'ing, Melb., Australia
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I am trying to backup my pc HD using Fifth Generation Systems backup
program Fastback Plus to a network drive using pc-nfs version 3.0.1
(Version 3.5 hasn't been delivered yet !!!).  The network drive is
mounted on a SGI Personal Iris 4D/35 running Irix release 3.3.2 and
nfs version 3.3.

We have several of these SGI workstations, and here is the strange part.
FB+ backs up my pc hd partition properly on one of my SGI machines, but
writes numerous files (volumes) of 10240 bytes on the others.  Let me make
that clear - works properly with a backup files size of 40 odd Mbytes on SGI
machine A, but creates numerous small files of 10240 bytes on SGI machine B.
Machine A and machine B are running the same version of Irix, nfs etc.  The
pc is the same in each case (therefore using the same version of msdos, pc-nfs
fastback plus etc.)  The configuration of each SGI machine is the same, I think.
I can't find or see any differences, anyway.

Has anybody got any ideas or leads as to where to look to be able to cure this
strange problem.  The SGI people here in Melbourne havn't been able to help me.

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