prad <prad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > but it just hangs on the last line and we wait and wait and wait. > could it be that we're supposed to? i just extracted a 21K file from a 3G dump and it took 168s. the home.xfs file is 129G more than 40times the size of the small one, so if things are simply proportional we're looking at 168s x 40 = 112m or well over an hour and a half! i acknowledge that i stopped the thing after a little more than half an hour. so is it possible that the xfsrestore system has to go through the motion of handling the entire file even when it's just extracting a small part of it and things will take their time? -- in friendship, prad _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs