From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 08:13:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61270106564A for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:13:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3928FC16 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:13:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id n0D8D9ei072027 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:13:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id n0D8D9AJ072026; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:13:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA10974; Tue, 13 Jan 09 00:04:19 PST Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:06:25 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: fbsdlilly@gmail.com Message-Id: <496c4b81.Lglr2e+9+Rgvmrp3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <496ab572.u2DH1w2B2JAcv4M+%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090112215439.GA19760@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090112215439.GA19760@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a partition from freebsd 6.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:13:10 -0000 > > is there anything specific I should look at for switches or > > just dump /dev/ad2s1 | restore? > > Use: dump 0af - | restore -rf - It would be advisable to read the dump and restore manpages first. In 6.1, and I suspect still in 6.2, "restore -r" should be used only when restoring onto an empty filesystem or loading an incremental on top of such a full restore. If the destination (current directory) is not the root of an empty filesystem, you want "restore -x" or "restore -i" instead.