On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:23 PM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brandon, > > Thank you! > > Question: it I have a "dump" archive on an ext4 disk and > I want to "restore" some it its files to an XFS disk, > will "restore" do so as long as the source is on > an "ext" disk? Or does "restore" even care as long as it > can the archive file? > > Many thanks, > -T
Since dump works at the inode-level, I am doubtful that you completely restore individual files from one filesystem type to another. It might work, but you'll certainly loose filesystem specific attributes (e.g. ACLs). Brandon Vincent
