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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 13:34:21 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Mark Hannon <markhannon@optusnet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: HOWTO Restore a FreeBSD system using the fixit CD
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On 2005-05-20 20:49, Mark Hannon <markhannon@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Here are some notes I made when recently restoring an install.  Perhaps
> something could go into the handbook?  Regards/Mark
>
>   =============================================================
>   HOWTO Restore a FreeBSD installation directly from dump files
>   =============================================================
>
> These instructions document how to restore a FreeBSD installation from a
> series of dump files stored on a local HDD.  They have been used to
> migrate a FreeBSD installation from a vmware guest install to a local
> HDD install.

Hi Mark,

First of all thanks for sending this mini-guide :-)

This can be converted to SGML and committed as a nice article.  Are you
interested in doing the conversion yourself, or do you want me to do it?

- Giorgos