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Date:      21 Sep 2004 12:36:11 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI Shock Advice !
Message-ID:  <44d60f4m10.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200409211506.i8LF67c05158@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
References:  <200409211506.i8LF67c05158@clunix.cl.msu.edu>

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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes:

> By the way, I notice that in the FAQ on moving to a "huge disk"
> it uses the 'x' switch on the restore and I think it is more
> appropriate to use 'r'.    So,  'restore rf -'  as I indicate in
> my post instead of   'restore xf -' as in the faq.  
> Actually, it might work either way, but I think 'r' is more correct.

It will, indeed, work either way, but the "r" flag will do a newfs.
Because the example had already done a newfs, this is redundant (and
wipees out any special parameters you may have used in the original
newfs invocation).



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