OpenBSD 4.1
on i386 using GENERIC kernel

Hi:

  I backed up /etc using the command:
# dump -f /mnt/bsd/OpenBSDEtc.dump /etc

when I do and interactive restore like so:
# cd /root
# restore -i -f  /mnt/bsd/OpenBSDEtc.dump

I extract the files fstab, printcap, sysctl.conf and xorg.conf. I then
copy fstab and printcap to /etc and look at the old sysctl.conf and
make modifications to the new sysctl.conf. Since I have softdeps in
the new (copied) fstab, I delete the temporary etc in /root/etc and
then reboot the computer.

  Upon booting, I see messages that database files are missing. I
login and see that  /var is the same as /tmp. What am I doing wrong
here?

  I have read through the backup sections in Evie Nemeth's purple book
and also the UNIX Sys Admin book by Aileen Frisch. I thought
interactive restore was pretty straightforward. Are the original
inodes being preserved? Also the man page says that there is a
temporary fi;e called "restoresymtable". I did a find / -name
"restoresymtable", before I rebooted, and nothing turned up.

-- 
Kind regards,
Jonathan
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