ugh. dump / restore problem(s) "Cannot find file dump list"

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Nov 15 01:22:13 UTC 2012


On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> El día Wednesday, November 14, 2012 a las 09:45:22AM -0700, Warren Block escribió:
>
>>> One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources
>>> for dump/restore also mentions this format:
>>>
>>> 	# mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt
>>> 	# mkdir /tmp/oldvar
>>> 	# cd /tmp/oldvar
>>> 	# restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump
>>
>> Yes, -u "unlinks" an existing file before restoring that file, useful
>> for restoring dumps over an existing filesystem.  Leave out the -u when
>> restoring to a new filesystem and the restore will go faster.
>>
>>> 	# umount /mnt
>>
>> And that points out a mistake: /mnt can't be unmounted while it is the
>> PWD.  Fixed.
>
> I think PWD is /tmp/oldvar and not /mnt;

Yes, you're correct.  Re-fixed.  Thanks!


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