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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
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=0A=0A=0A