[TriLUG] Failure Copying Large Amounts of Data

[Steve Litt]

I tar them up, so there are less than 30 files, less than 10 of which are more 
than a few kilobytes. If source and destination are both USB, it hangs.

SteveT

On Friday 16 April 2010 13:38:32 Scott Lambdin wrote:
> Tar them puppies up?  Then you won't use so many inodes.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:58 AM, <boyle at laue.chem.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> > On 16 Apr, Ron Kelley wrote:
> > > * What parameters did you use to create the filesystems on B: and C:
> >
> > Ack, I can't really remember.  Mostly the defaults.  I probably set the
> > -m option to 1
> >
> > > * What does "fdisk -l" provide
> >
> > Here is the output for filesystem A (/dev/sdb1) and B and C (/dev/sdc1,
> > /dev/sdc2):
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x0001c75d
> >
> >   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdb1   *           1       19457   156288321   83  Linux
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x1b645464
> >
> >   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdc1               1       30395   244147806   83  Linux
> > /dev/sdc2           30396       60801   244236195   83  Linux
> > bruker:/~% view /etc/fstab
> >
> > > * what does "df -i" give you (assuming both B: and C: are mounted)
> >
> > Ack, here is where the problem becomes obvious:
> >
> > Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
> > /dev/sda3             983040    7816  975224    1% /
> > udev                  127601    1146  126455    1% /dev
> > /dev/sda1             131072      49  131023    1% /boot
> > /dev/sda9            5513216    2091 5511125    1% /home
> > /dev/sda8             262144   18845  243299    8% /opt
> > /dev/sda5            1310720  183510 1127210   15% /usr
> > /dev/sda6            1310720   19481 1291239    2% /usr/local
> > /dev/sda7             131072    2354  128718    2% /var
> > /dev/sdb1            19546112  344096 19202016    2% /smb
> > /dev/sdc1            15261696      11 15261685    1% /media/backup1
> > /dev/sdc2             238592  238592       0  100% /media/backup2
> >
> > /dev/sdb1 is "A", /dev/sdc2 is "B".
> >
> > I guess I have to recreate the filesystems.  Any suggestions or tips?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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