From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 30 13:06:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA12529 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:06:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.182]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA12522 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:06:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00462; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:06:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:06:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jim Chapman cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dump In-Reply-To: <333DAA50.25CD@sympatico.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Jim Chapman wrote: > I have installed version 2.1.6 from the CD without any problems. I sign > on as root and enter the command > dump 0uf /dev/fd0 /usr > > It writes 5 floppy discs. I then enter the command > restore vif /dev/fd0 > > It shows me the directories in the /usr filesystem but src is not a > directory. I have checked the man pages, the handbook and the O'Reilly > book. > > I would expect that I could descend into src and restore a file from > /usr/src/lib...etc. Am I doing something wrong, is something wrong with > the system or is this how dump is supposed to work? Is /usr/src a separate filesystem? Dump does not cross mountpoints. Also, use the raw disk device dump 0uf /dev/rfd0 /usr Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major