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Date:      Fri, 22 May 2026 20:38:29 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using dump/restore to combine partitions?
Message-ID:  <8633zj8f2y.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
In-Reply-To: <36211.1779411091@segfault.tristatelogic.com> (Ronald F. Guilmette's message of "Thu, 21 May 2026 17:51:31 -0700")
References:  <36211.1779411091@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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"Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> writes:
> My question is:  How do I accomplish this using dump/restore?

The restore utility doesn't care what it restores onto and will happily
cross filesystem boundaries while extracting.  Just make sure the new
filesystems are all mounted in the correct locations (relative to each
other) and with the correct permissions before restoring.

DES
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