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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:57 +1100
From: Timothy Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
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Subject: Re: Update of XFSPROG XFSDUMP on linux kernel 2.4.22
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To: Xavier Poirier <xpoirier@ch-bourg01.fr>
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Xavier Poirier wrote:
> Hi all XFS ML Users !
> 
> I'm Xavier from France.
> 
> I had installed two years ago a linux server with 2 XFS Partitions.
> 
> All is working like a charm !
> 
> * Except, 
> 
> xfsrestore command, that is often crashing (one time on two) with a dump file of 35Go
> 
> 
> Here is my versions descriptions:
> 
> - Linux Mandrake 9.2 kernel 2.4.22
> - XFSDUMP 2.2.13
> - XFSDUMP 2.5.4  (installed by RPM) 
> 
> 
> My question is :
> 
> Is it better to update the XFS programs to newer versions, or update my linux kernel,
 > to avoid problems ?
> 
As Hannes Dorbath said, probably both.
The dump format hasn't changed so you can try a new xfsrestore
if that is less painful for you.

If the new xfsrestore crashes then you can report the bug with
details on how it crashes.

> I've tryed to find some older distribs of xfsdump, but without succes (like 2.2.33)
> the most recent distribs fails with the configure at manual install ...
> 
I wouldn't go for older versions of dump/restore.

--Tim