Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:53:00 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how restore an unencrypted dump on an encrypted file system? Message-ID: <20120929135300.03aae386@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <CAA_1SgEjKnyCgygKhqBV_QpDwUS8_-ovV9fU52gSTgn-h4kr9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA_1SgEjKnyCgygKhqBV_QpDwUS8_-ovV9fU52gSTgn-h4kr9g@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> wrote: > I backed up my freeBSD 8.2 box by dump command and now want to restore > this dump file on an encrypted file system (i used geli to encrypt my > file system) but do not know how to do that. > > is there any way or command to restore an unencrypted dump on an > encrypted file system? i tried to restore my dump file as when file > system is unencrypted. Can you read the files after attaching the provider manually? > this is what i've doe: I decrypted my encrypted file system by "geli > attach" command, then mount it and restore dumps. but when i restart > my system, FreeBSD doesn't start up correctly (PXE boot menu is shown > and when i select freeBSD, boot.config runs but nothing happend). You do not provide enough information to give a meaningful answer. One possible mistake would be putting the kernel itself on the encrypted file system, but the list of things one can do wrong is pretty long. Fabian [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlBm4R8ACgkQBYqIVf93VJ01eQCglA6y6hA00M5UEchwp3wIdeP6 +gUAmgMH/muyUrBKbk7sU68NRJyHFzrt =fx0h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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