Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:21:24 +0100 From: peter cornelius consulting <pcc@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, pcc@gmx.net Subject: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies Message-ID: <491897C4.9030703@gmx.net> References: 48BB2359.4000208@xmission.com
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On Tue Sep 2 14:01:06 UTC 2008 Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Sunday 31 August 2008 18:03:53 Lloyd M Caldwell wrote: > > > I needed to increase the size of my freebsd root (/). I booted, > single > > user, attached a large usb freebsd formatted file system to receive > the > > backup image. > > And you're sure that the "large usb freebsd formatted file system" is > intact > and that your dump is uncorrupted? I have just been bitten by a very similar problem as Lloyd Caldwell. - restore complains about '/' not being writable (it is but what should happen there??) - restore extracts a few files but leaves most of the dump unrestored with 'expecting YYYYYY got ZZZZZZ' I have checked the dump several times with restore -rNf /dev/cd0 (yes, it's to a series of DVD-RAMs) plus have extracted a few samples from the first disk apparently from the area which works. Like Lloyd, I am extremely ... delighted ... about the situation but well. Like Lloyd, I have been using FreeBSD for several years with little to complain. Like Lloyd, any help appreciated... Meanwhile I think I will reinstall the box from scratch with 7.0-RELEASE and return to 7-STABLE but I do miss my "backup" I must say... Oh well. All the best regards, Peter. --- pcc at gmx dot net.
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