Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:13:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Mahlerwein <mahlerrd@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Inconsistency in root partition size Message-ID: <676868.78379.qm@web51007.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <25337689.post@talk.nabble.com>
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--- On Mon, 9/7/09, jaymax <jaymax36@gmail.com> wrote: >From: jaymax <jaymax36@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: Inconsistency in root partition size >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 7:06 PM > >Mel Flynn-2 wrote: >>=20 >> On Monday 07 September 2009 20:54:51 jaymax wrote: >>=20 > >Thanks, will do a new dump, one question - how can one determine that the >dumpfile produced is good? >--=20 I've always found a test restore works wonders for the peace of my mind. =0A =0ATwo types: =0A =0Acd <dest dir> =0Arestore -Nrf <backupfilename> =0A =0ATo test that it all "appears" it ought to restore.=A0 Then,=20 =0A cd <dest dir> =0Arestore -if <backupfilename>=20 =0A =0ATo confirm a few files restore properly completely. =0AYMMV, and obviously check man restore! =0A =0A-Rich =0A =0A=0A=0A
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