From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 12 01:30:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82C61065670 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from mho-01-bos.mailhop.org (mho-01-bos.mailhop.org [63.208.196.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90FB58FC1C for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from adsl-70-142-210-54.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net ([70.142.210.54] helo=mail.mikestammer.com) by mho-01-bos.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JkUZT-000FDv-Ig; Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:23 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D7BB84B; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:30:22 -0500 (CDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 70.142.210.54 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/E/a1Kt+Z18aaTW8DdlCCbrWhbhSplbZM= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AFbiEfwwPWe7; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:30:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (c-71-195-240-209.hsd1.ut.comcast.net [71.195.240.209]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 060D5B84A; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:29:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4800108B.2050200@mikestammer.com> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:29:47 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Sanders References: <375baf50804111751o5078081elc7ffe4a0e1feceae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <375baf50804111751o5078081elc7ffe4a0e1feceae@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump restore pain and suffering X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:24 -0000 Kevin Sanders wrote: > I've been dumping and restoring a test system today, and I'm have very > little success. Basically, I've been installing a base FreeBSD > 7-RELEASE/i386 system, doing something like dump -0auL -f > /mnt/test.root.dump, formating the drive and trying to restore -rf > /mnt/test.root.dump. /mnt is a ufs formated usb drive. After the > dump, I've even done a restore -rNf /mnt/test.root.dump just to make > sure it doesn't complain out the dump file. > > I've read the handbook, found a few articles, googled all the errors. > The header dumpdate thing is harmless, the expected next file is from > it being a live system, but I'm not ending up with a system that is > very usable. Doing a df, I see that sometimes I end up with a > restored slice that is about the same size as my dump file, sometimes > less than half. I know I'm not being very specific with what's not > working, but is anyone really using dump/restore and having success > with the restore part? I'm now full of doubt and worry that my real > systems are not really backed up. > > I really wished this worked as easy as falling out of a boat and hitting water. > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > i wrote this up: http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:dumprestore after setting up dump/restore for my backup solution. i used it to migrate from old hard drives to a RAID1 setup on a 3ware controller and everything went well. what errors are you seeing? Eric