restore of file system into USB key terrible slow

[Oliver Fromme]

Matthias Apitz wrote:
 > [...]
 > > I'm trying to restore a DUMP into an USB key; the DUMP was extracted
 > > from another USB key which I just want to colne this way;

Note that dump/restore isn't a very fast method to clone
a file system.  Actually, a few years ago it was horribly
slow, but it was improved somewhat.  It's better now, but
still not very fast.

Personally I recommend to try cpdup (from ports/sysutils).
You can simply type "cpdup /src /dst" and it will make an
exact copy (except for sparse files).  A nice feature of
cpdup is that it doesn't copy files that already exist in
the destination.

Another way copy a directory tree is to use find+cpio:
cd /src; find -d . | cpdio -dump /dst

Best regards
   Oliver

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