From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 18:48:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778B71065672 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from FS.denninger.net (wsip-70-169-168-7.pn.at.cox.net [70.169.168.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F3B28FC28 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by FS.denninger.net (8.14.3/8.13.1) with SMTP id n2QIm2ta009144 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:48:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] [192.168.1.40] by Spamblock-sys (LOCAL); Thu Mar 26 12:48:02 2009 Message-ID: <49CBCDE0.60401@denninger.net> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:48:00 -0500 From: Karl Denninger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Tancsa References: <200903261415.n2QEF7hF038711@lava.sentex.ca> <49C9E635.5010106@kkip.pl> <49C83673.3000604@aldan.algebra.com> <200903251820.54749.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200903251925.36108.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <3.0.1.32.20090325072137.00ee6b48@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326065337.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <3.0.1.32.20090326070807.00f081e0@sage-american.com> <200903261331.n2QDVd4b038485@lava.sentex.ca> <20090326140131.GA45201@hyperion.scode.org> <200903261415.n2QEF7hF038711@lava.sentex.ca> <3.0.1.32.20090326121157.00ee69f0@sage-american.com> <200903261818.n2QIIPih039864@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200903261818.n2QIIPih039864@lava.sentex.ca> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080600020607090902090707" X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090325-0, 03/25/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "Jack L. Stone" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support quality (Re: dump | restore fails: unknown tapeheadertype 1853384566) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:04 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080600020607090902090707 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 01:11 PM 3/26/2009, Jack L. Stone wrote: > >> No one has said the dump "L" is broken -- and is NOT but now may mislead >> others just tuning into this thread. > > > OK, sorry I misunderstood that restore worked from dump files without > -L.... > I wonder if the original poster just needs to do an fsck on the disk. > The only time I had dump crap out on me (other than with -L) was on a > dirty filesystem. > > I regularly do stuff like > cd /usr;dump 0f - /usr | (cd /tmp/usr; restore -rf - ) > to duplicate partitions > > ---Mike I do as well but if the original user is trying to restore into a filesystem that is either not clean or not EMPTY for a full restore he could run into some trouble. I've never had dump/restore fail by the way, other than due to bad (tape) media (yes, it was that long ago :) ) -- -- Karl Denninger karl@denninger.net --------------080600020607090902090707--