Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:45:22 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd@dreamchaser.org" <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ugh. dump / restore problem(s) "Cannot find file dump list" Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211140939560.53496@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20121114101152.09b34640.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <50A3543E.9000406@dreamchaser.org> <20121114095745.7db0a9e0.freebsd@edvax.de> <1352883668.65811.YahooMailNeo@web126006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20121114101152.09b34640.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:01:08 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote: >> There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files > > Really? The manual at "man restore" mentions: > > restore -r [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand] > [-s fileno] > > And in the -r section: > > newfs /dev/da0s1a > mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt > cd /mnt > > restore rf /dev/sa0 > > So it seems that _both_ formats are supported (comparable to > tar). > > One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources > for dump/restore also mentions this format: > > # mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt > # mkdir /tmp/oldvar > # cd /tmp/oldvar > # restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump Yes, -u "unlinks" an existing file before restoring that file, useful for restoring dumps over an existing filesystem. Leave out the -u when restoring to a new filesystem and the restore will go faster. > # umount /mnt And that points out a mistake: /mnt can't be unmounted while it is the PWD. Fixed. > Source: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_em_dump_8_em_em_restore_8_em Thanks!
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