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Date:      Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:03:47 
From:      "Jud Fink" <jud_marc@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Dump/Restore Question
Message-ID:  <F221rTX0PjqvV9dRYYZ00007c51@hotmail.com>

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Forgive posting from Hotmail - only email available at current location.  
(Though AIUI they still have FBSD servers, don't they?:)

I hear from my Significant Other that my 4.4-release CDs have arrived, and 
plan to use this opportunity to take advantage of dirprefs.  What I'm 
thinking of is installing 4.4-stable from CD on main HD (20gb); upgrading to 
4.4-stable with cvsup; dumping to small HD (2gb); newfs main HD; restore 
from small HD to main HD.

My understanding/experience of FreeBSD is limited.  I've never done 
dump/restore before, and I don't understand this from the restore man page:

"A level zero dump must be done after a full restore.  Because restore runs 
in user code, it has no control over inode allocation; thus a full dump must 
be done to get a new set of directories reflecting the new inode numbering, 
even though the contents of the files is unchanged."

Should I run another dump after restoring to the main HD?  Dump from where 
to where?

Advice on what to do or where to go to get the info appreciated.

Jud

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