From nobody Fri May 22 18:38:29 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gMYvC0Ldvz6fQkW for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gMYvB6nFHz3Jpv; Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779475111; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=1AwFAeL2Jgffovjzr60VuyUFPDVa0zmWoYCmUVKjGgs=; b=maYhoyIWpxBWoBfdxfOtX5ODymVPFNDA6e2zrAor8+MplXjFhIRsqa99+XFK0JfTNgwCfO nvHXvSKBQAREDbfxHFG1DjGGtDQ8mDIPk4DVoLyl7xICR7qRW4NCOIlzkUDv8zGfjpgkDY UfRYJQNnLdfK3JmBy9YVo4/2RBQSbfw+1nWo7u/aRAeyWDUPIqWqc66zN13JikRwj1E67g j773pLC6Gel8zs8bE6OR8pxw/pFXbC+glMyqhdPf9Gi7uRhZZBRPbXdMzh4nKuwAFPeiFJ hIuphKPSVj/Ty8dGcF8x08Ox7LgdbPqtdAtSASEXL7ByehMHjzTohiiB0JMsIA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1779475111; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=dypTK5SO5KX97hR/NObhHvpYsv+wPxXlWkOU627cMLnvxMU+O14a7IIgg5URSQKzGi8mJM oBkoeWL34L3/oEOOcaELxz25nd2L7rh97aj17CYQ0adgVUtaR7McYXfeLBCScY4q0lLsrv +rAbIT85h89AZoFN2Yyd1J7hiZQ4zWQYezreTdvWKWS4F4ScERY45FgP42gewjvZT9IPRz 9jGDArKUpTCGB7qgYp74gn6hHe0TB8yA6FXTPNL6LqjUDfgxFb/fhevfiXRv+H5MJoj5pW G6kcoH03AROtbIqBozExnQUWx81Y1mFipz4vqTKtC9qEL8Mwszide8Qemyvvkw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779475111; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=1AwFAeL2Jgffovjzr60VuyUFPDVa0zmWoYCmUVKjGgs=; b=d26hLMun8e01zO4C+whCF7boLsQGhx2zLGLzCdVm1Z7Szgmv61wXJZIqS1jRamka4RHtW0 0jmxS6NHcP5aH2gZ/6HWhCyYq3joNJxVy8koJUWXvSWSOAs+ZwEVGysX1YaBwsKLDY9Z7g vxxjOGfPMZuWoufZoif0i/Cpz7vccS1HyV3GOIskSamtCPcGzOP+kUV9jmBKaWFwDqmM9t q1ooFCnbsi1d7OKEk2WiDTEPbJXiMIiriUwsbC/tzZK28M78qsZja9AwKqRZOm2Zuh4CDn oMOdG/Ju2wdUmgxhm2P6Pmik6h60jaoDF0ae72EaVuN5MECJ6ax8PT2/w6yQNA== Received: from ltc.des.dev (2a01cb0585070b00922e16fffef1acef.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr [IPv6:2a01:cb05:8507:b00:922e:16ff:fef1:acef]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: des/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4gMYvB5QjfzBX; Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: by ltc.des.dev (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B0AD86548C; Fri, 22 May 2026 20:38:29 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using dump/restore to combine partitions? 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> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 20:38:29 +0200 Message-ID: <8633zj8f2y.fsf@ltc.des.dev> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Ronald F. Guilmette" 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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org