On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:06:25AM -0800, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > 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.
I think he was talking about a full filesystem restore in which case 'restore -rf' would be correct. The man page actually is a tiny bit misleading on the -r. You can use it to restore the whole filesystem in any dedicated space including any directory. But with -r you just cannot specify which part of the filesystem you want to restore, such as a particular directory or file. For that you will need -xf which will work for a full filesystem too in most cases. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"