Inconsistency in root partition size

[Richard Mahlerwein]

--- On Mon, 9/7/09, jaymax <jaymax36 at gmail.com> wrote:

>From: jaymax <jaymax36 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Inconsistency in root partition size
>To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 7:06 PM
>
>Mel Flynn-2 wrote:
>> 
>> On Monday 07 September 2009 20:54:51 jaymax wrote:
>> 
>
>Thanks, will do a new dump, one question - how can one determine that the
>dumpfile produced is good?
>-- 

I've always found a test restore works wonders for the peace of my mind.



Two types:



cd <dest dir>

restore -Nrf <backupfilename>



To test that it all "appears" it ought to restore.  Then, 


cd <dest dir>

restore -if <backupfilename> 



To confirm a few files restore properly completely.

YMMV, and obviously check man restore!



-Rich