From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 20:48:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A601065686 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:48:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pcc@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A49B8FC1B for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:48:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pcc@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Nov 2008 20:21:41 -0000 Received: from p54A3E2E7.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO [192.168.1.32]) [84.163.226.231] by mail.gmx.net (mp045) with SMTP; 10 Nov 2008 21:21:41 +0100 X-Authenticated: #491680 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/oS5QXeO3oBze4cst4p6yl+qWH2YuKtwajqBShP/ t1k6Mh9RQXHKFH Message-ID: <491897C4.9030703@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:21:24 +0100 From: peter cornelius consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, pcc@gmx.net X-Priority: 4 (Low) References: 48BB2359.4000208@xmission.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.5600000000000001 Cc: Subject: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:48:24 -0000 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.