From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 29 15:38:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E438316A528 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:38:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3072143CEF for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:37:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kATFZtbE084607; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:35:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id kATFZtZl084606; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:35:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:35:55 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Grant Peel Message-ID: <20061129153555.GD84430@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <001c01c713ba$e7e2be30$6501a8c0@GRANT> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001c01c713ba$e7e2be30$6501a8c0@GRANT> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DUMP + RESTORE 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: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:38:24 -0000 On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 08:33:07AM -0500, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that if I dump a filesystem (lets say a full dump), that everything > says the restore filesystem needs to be at least as big as the one the > dump was made from. > > But I dare ask this question anyway ... > > If I have a filesystem that is 10 GIG, but because I am only using 2 GIG > of that can I restore it to a 3 GIg file system? > > I ask becuase somehow I have a 73 gig drive, but all my spare hard disks > disks are only 36 Gig. Should be no problem because dump/restore work on a file-by-file basis and not blocks or other hardware divisions. Since it will have to build directories and such, it might come out just a bit bigger than the actual dump file, but it should only use in the ballpark of the size of the dump file. Anyway, it does not depend on the size of the file system that was dumped, but rather on the amount of data that was dumped. ////jerry > > -GRant > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >