On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Gour <[email protected]> wrote: > Question: considering that I may start using Amanda while still being > on x86_64 Linux, what would be procedure to migrate my setup on x86_64 > Free(PC)BSD?
Don't use dump if you're planning to migrate. You may decide later to use dump(1) once you're settled with an OS/platform. Because it is low-level, dump is usually a vendor-specific command. Also, because it works at the partition level, it is tied to one or more filesystem(s). The linux dump command works with ext2/3/4, whereas the FreeBSD dump works with UFS (the native FreeBSD filesystem type). If you use more exotic filesystems (reiserfs, xfs) you may need to use yet another dump command. I would bet that a dump of an ext2 partition generated using linux's dump(1) would not be readable by FreeBSD's restore(1), but I might be wrong. -- fernan
