Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:06:25 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: fbsdlilly@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a partition from freebsd 6.2? Message-ID: <496c4b81.Lglr2e%2B9%2BRgvmrp3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20090112215439.GA19760@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <f151ba00901111006t6caf9d96mf269dc8a7a8eb071@mail.gmail.com> <496ab572.u2DH1w2B2JAcv4M%2B%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <f151ba00901121315g6011ad08m2b183d5b3160de52@mail.gmail.com> <20090112215439.GA19760@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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> > 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.
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