Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:18:36 +0330 From: saeedeh motlagh <saeedeh.motlagh@gmail.com> To: s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how restore an unencrypted dump on an encrypted file system? Message-ID: <CAN%2BS=WATvKRRUmR_H9TUu%2BMKjQh6iBycj0RM_T%2BFay0JrbfTLQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAA_1SgGVwB5yNHZpcLhrFjjvY=%2BocaYdgYO2GwWG7%2B0gWcRFjw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA_1SgEjKnyCgygKhqBV_QpDwUS8_-ovV9fU52gSTgn-h4kr9g@mail.gmail.com> <20120929135300.03aae386@fabiankeil.de> <CAA_1SgGVwB5yNHZpcLhrFjjvY=%2BocaYdgYO2GwWG7%2B0gWcRFjw@mail.gmail.com>
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hi i have a similar problem too. can you explain in detail what you have done step by step? i wanna know if my problem is exactly what you have. thanks On 9/29/12, s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks Fabian for your answer. i don't know what exactly information > is needed but i tell what i did up to now. > > i have two partition, one is encrypted and the other one is not. the > unencrypted partition has boot folder. when i copy FreeBSD base system > files, FreeBSD start up correctly but when i restore dump files, > FreeBSD doesn't start up correctly. > > i hope this information help to understand what is wrong. > thanks > > On 9/29/12, Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> wrote: >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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