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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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