* Martin Maciaszek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:18:29AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: ... The freeze appeared after about 1 GB has been > > copied. > > We worked around it: cp -a does the same job and does not freeze. ) > > > For copying large abounts of data over the network I suggest > using a netcat tunnel. This works faster than scp and doesn't > need any network file systems.
Yes, that or rsh/ssh will bypass NFS with all its overhead. The recommended way is to do tar -bcpf foo bar | rsh target (cd dir && tar -xbpf -) IIRC. To OP: read about -b option to tar. If your problem is with NIC drivers, -b might fix it. OTGH if cp -a works for you, use that. Dima -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key The wombat is a mixture of chalk and clay used for respiration. -- MegaHal
