I should mention a reasonable alternative method. I /think/ it should be reasonable to replace restoresymtable with a small directory tree. The first level of directories corresponding to the first digit of a restored file, then inside each directory include a hard link to the new file.
Say if i-nodes 0001, 0002, 1000, 1001, and 2134 the files might be: 0/001 0/002 1/000 1/001 2/134 When the file replacing i-node 0001 was created, the link to whatever file was newly created is added to the FS. Depending upon the number of i-nodes a few levels of directories might be needed. The point is to replace the gigantic symbol table hash which needs to fit in memory, with a directory tree which the new filesystem can hopefully handle reasonably efficiently. Directories would need symbolic links instead of hard links. -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \BS ( | ehem+sig...@m5p.com PGP 87145445 | ) / \_CS\ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ 8A19\___\_|_/58D2 7E3D DDF4 7BA6 <-PGP-> 41D1 B375 37D0 8714\_|_/___/5445
