Hi I use the dump script of openbsdsupport.org to backup the internal SATA disk of my soekris to an external USB disk.
<snip> DUMP: 197357941 tape blocks DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Nov 13 23:03:31 2008 DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Fri Nov 14 09:25:20 2008 DUMP: Volume 1 took 10:14:48 DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 5350 KB/s DUMP: Date this dump completed: Fri Nov 14 09:25:20 2008 DUMP: Average transfer rate: 5350 KB/s DUMP: level 0 dump on Thu Nov 13 23:03:31 2008 DUMP: DUMP IS DONE 621m51.83s real 9m31.74s user 174m12.85s system ------------------------------------------------------------------- Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd0a 458G 188G 247G 43% /backup The script did a level 0 dump of my /strg mountpoint to /backup yesterday. But, I think this is really slow. What should I be looking at? My dmesg (soekris net5501-60): OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Nov 11 09:13:17 CET 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS ("AuthenticAMD" 586-class) 434 MHz cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CFLUSH,MMX real mem = 268005376 (255MB) avail mem = 251092992 (239MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 20/71/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfac40 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.0 @ 0xf0000/0x10000 pcibios0: pcibios_get_intr_routing - function not supported pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing information unavailable. pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc8000/0xa800 cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD Geode LX" rev 0x30 glxsb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "AMD Geode LX Crypto" rev 0x00: RNG AES vr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 11, address 00:00:24:c9:5e:28 ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 5, address 00:00:24:c9:5e:29 ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 9, address 00:00:24:c9:5e:2a ukphy2 at vr2 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 vr3 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 12, address 00:00:24:c9:5e:2b ukphy3 at vr3 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0034 glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "AMD CS5536 ISA" rev 0x03: rev 0, 32-bit 3579545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio gpio0 at glxpcib0: 32 pins pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 "AMD CS5536 IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to c ompatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD3200BEVT-00ZCT0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 305245MB, 625142448 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ohci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 15, version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 15 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "AMD EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at glxpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 nsclpcsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: NSC PC87366 rev 9: GPIO VLM TMS gpio1 at nsclpcsio0: 29 pins npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom0: console pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 biomask e5c5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffe7 mtrr: K6-family MTRR support (2 registers) umass0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Western Digital External HDD" rev 2.00/1.04 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <WD, 5000AAV External, 1.04> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 476940MB, 60801 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 976773168 sec total softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b