Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:59:39 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "freebsd@dreamchaser.org" <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, 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: <20121114185939.GA1111@tiny.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211140939560.53496@wonkity.com> References: <50A3543E.9000406@dreamchaser.org> <20121114095745.7db0a9e0.freebsd@edvax.de> <1352883668.65811.YahooMailNeo@web126006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20121114101152.09b34640.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211140939560.53496@wonkity.com>
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El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 09:45:22AM -0700, Warren Block escribió: > > 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. I think PWD is /tmp/oldvar and not /mnt; matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz | - No system with backdoors like Apple/Android E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | - Respect for open standards
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