Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:06:06 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'Cody Holland'" <cholland@redmoonbroadband.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Restore System Message-ID: <012301c5bef0$595d6a90$c901a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <4B3EE484EEA4F344BBB62F831648998646715E@corpsrv.RedMoon.local>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Cody Holland > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:48 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Restore System > I did a full backup of a server with tar using the following command: > tar cpzf servername`date +%m%d%y`.tgz / > > I'm trying to restore it on another server with the following command: > tar -xzpf /path to backup file > > The problem I'm running into is that the original system is has an IDE > harddrive, and the new system is SCSI. I'm getting the following > errors: > dev/ad0: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1a: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1b: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1c: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1d: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1e: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > > Is there an easy way around this? Any help would greatly be > appreciated. You should probably step back and tell us: 1. What you are trying to accomplish. 2. What hardware you have (both machines). 3. What software you are running (uname -a). You should probably at least reread the Handbook on devices, device naming, backups (in particular dump and restore). Best regards, -gayn
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