Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:43:52 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <ah@dreamchaser.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) "Cannot find file dump list" Message-ID: <50A3BC38.6000504@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <20121114083024.GA1227@tiny.Sisis.de> References: <50A3543E.9000406@dreamchaser.org> <20121114083024.GA1227@tiny.Sisis.de>
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On 11/14/12 01:30, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 01:20:14AM -0700, Gary Aitken escribió: > >> I needed to expand a /var partition, >> which required saving and restoring /var and /usr >> >> did the following: >> booted to backup disk >> dump -0aR -h 0 -f /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 /dev/ada0p4 >> (repeat for /tmp, /usr, / partitions to be safe) >> repartitioned the main disk using gpart >> newfs the modified partitions (var, tmp, usr) >> rewrote the boot block and boot partition (#1) >> mount /dev/ada0p4 /mnt/ssd/var >> cd /mnt/ssd/var >> restore -r /usr/backup/dump_var_0_20121113_1920 >> Cannot find file dump list >> >> Any ideas why I get the "Cannot find file dump list"? >> What / where is it supposed to be? > > You need to specify the file containing the DUMP with -f flag; and use > the flag -r only to restore to the original location, or -x to restore > into the current dir; check the man page for details; Sorry all, a typing issue on my part when composing the email; problem remains: # restore -iN -f /mnt/hd_ssd_backup/usr/backup/dump_tmp_0_20121113_1920 Cannot find file dump list
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