Hi, I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen", where ./xen is the directory that hold all xen files. the gz file is then copied to a DomU and untar there. It can be untared, but the interesting thing is that the untar process was stalled every few seconds. Why? -x ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
When you specify ./xen, it means to only untar files starting with ./xen/ in the tar file. If it''s skipping over files, that would look like stalling. On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 13:50, Xin Zhao wrote:> Hi, > > I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen", where ./xen is the directory that hold > all xen files. the gz file is then copied to a DomU and untar there. It > can be untared, but the interesting thing is that the untar process was > stalled every few seconds. Why? > > -x > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel-- Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
No. I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen" to pack files, but did "tar zxvf xen.tar.gz" to unpack files. So, there should have different reasons for that. :) -x On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Penelope Fudd wrote:> When you specify ./xen, it means to only untar files starting with > ./xen/ in the tar file. If it''s skipping over files, that would look > like stalling. > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 13:50, Xin Zhao wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen", where ./xen is the directory that hold > > all xen files. the gz file is then copied to a DomU and untar there. It > > can be untared, but the interesting thing is that the untar process was > > stalled every few seconds. Why? > > > > -x > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > -- > Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel >------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
Ok, how long does it stall? Are there some big files in there? Is it missing any files? Can you strace it? :-) On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 15:01, Xin Zhao wrote:> No. I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen" to pack files, but did "tar zxvf > xen.tar.gz" to unpack files. So, there should have different reasons for > that. :) > > -x > > > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Penelope Fudd wrote: > > > When you specify ./xen, it means to only untar files starting with > > ./xen/ in the tar file. If it''s skipping over files, that would look > > like stalling. > > > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 13:50, Xin Zhao wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen", where ./xen is the directory that hold > > > all xen files. the gz file is then copied to a DomU and untar there. It > > > can be untared, but the interesting thing is that the untar process was > > > stalled every few seconds. Why? > > > > > > -x > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > > -- > > Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel-- Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
The stall time varies from several seconds to three minutes. I don''t think there are very big file in it. Anyway, I didn''t see any stall when tar it, if that''s the large file issue, the same situation should happen when tar it. I don''t see any file missing and the task eventually finished successfully. I used to strace this kind of process, but not for this project. What are you expecting to see in stracing the process? Xin On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Penelope Fudd wrote:> Ok, how long does it stall? Are there some big files in there? Is it > missing any files? Can you strace it? :-) > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 15:01, Xin Zhao wrote: > > No. I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen" to pack files, but did "tar zxvf > > xen.tar.gz" to unpack files. So, there should have different reasons for > > that. :) > > > > -x > > > > > > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Penelope Fudd wrote: > > > > > When you specify ./xen, it means to only untar files starting with > > > ./xen/ in the tar file. If it''s skipping over files, that would look > > > like stalling. > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 13:50, Xin Zhao wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I did "tar zcvf xen.tar.gz ./xen", where ./xen is the directory that hold > > > > all xen files. the gz file is then copied to a DomU and untar there. It > > > > can be untared, but the interesting thing is that the untar process was > > > > stalled every few seconds. Why? > > > > > > > > -x > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > > > -- > > > Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel > -- > Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> >------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 17:33, Xin Zhao wrote:> The stall time varies from several seconds to three minutes. I don''t think > there are very big file in it. Anyway, I didn''t see any stall when tar it, > if that''s the large file issue, the same situation should happen when tar > it. I don''t see any file missing and the task eventually finished > successfully. I used to strace this kind of process, but not for this > project. What are you expecting to see in stracing the process?I expect to see the strace output stall at the same time tar stalls. The instruction that it''s stalling on should show up. It''s either a read, a write, or I don''t know what. The last time I had mysterious stalls reading or writing, ''dmesg'' reported that I was having hard disk errors. -- Penelope Fudd <kernel@pkts.ca> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel