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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>
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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
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