SUMMARY: /sbin/restore cannot restore large nfs UFS filesystem

From: Richard Loken <tech_at_athabascau.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:50:04 -0600 (MDT)

Now that is what I like. Prompt service! Larry Scott replied with the news
that there is a known restore bug and a search of the Compaq web site shows
that 4.0F patch kit 5 fixes this very problem.

Hi ho! Hi ho! Its off to patch a couple computers over the weekend I go!

So thanks to Larry Scott and Sheila Hollenbaugh for replying.
        
> I have a 55Gbyte UFS partition which I cannot restore. I had this problem
> occur in the past and I increased the process memory limit kernel parameters
> to 4Gbyte and I was able to continue but now the file system is is getting
> about 1/4 full with lots of directories and lots of small files (these are
> user IMAP mail directories) and I can no longer do a restore. I typically
> use the much maligned C-shell like this:
>
> # unlimit
> # /sbin/restore -if /dev/tape
>
> I then get this message in a very few seconds:
>
> Cannot malloc space for property list, errno 22

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