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Date:      Sun, 23 May 2004 09:02:43 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New machines - Dump and Restore -deploy
Message-ID:  <20040523085859.X38704@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <200405231300.I4ND0KQT063952@asarian-host.net>
References:  <009f01c440c1$c9091d20$6601a8c0@grant> <200405231300.I4ND0KQT063952@asarian-host.net>

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On Sun, 23 May 2004, Mark wrote:

> You cannot restore the root-partition on the root-partition that you booted
> from, because it is in use at the time.

Actually, you can.  There are a couple of errors on files that can't be
written, but it works.  Although I do at least rebuild the kernel after
rebooting, and rebuilding the world isn't a bad idea.  If the original
and newly-restored system are of different versions, it might break,
though.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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