I am on a DS20 running COMPAQTRU64 V5.1.
I am trying to backup the system to install a new raid controller.  I was able to dump the / and /usr filesystems but when I attempted to dump a third filesystem I got a calloc error.  I decied to use cpio to save the data  but the backup is taking extremely long - over 3 hours now.
The total space taken up by the directories is 6062378 KB (displayed by a df -k command).
The command I used is 
find . -print | cpio -ov -O/dev/ntape/tape1_d1 
I am backing up to a Compaq 35/70 GB tape unit on to a DLT.
 
Is it normal for this to take this long.  Any suggestion would be appreciated as I am under the gun to get this system up and running again.
Thanks
Jane Caldwell-Myers
Laurentian University
705 675-1151  Ext. 2150
jane_at_laurentian.ca
Received on Thu May 15 2003 - 13:44:51 NZST