On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Don Lewis wrote: > On 5 Jul, Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Diskspace is running low, so I'd like to move my /usr to another > > disk. I was told that cp -Rv is not a good idea and i should use > > dump instead. The problem is: That disk is big and half-full and > > I don't want to empty it. Is it possible to let restore work to > > a directory instead of a disk? Im not sure after reading the man > > page, google doesnt know either and I dont want to find out "the > > hard way". So i guessed it couldn't hurt to ask... > > > > If you have any hints or alternatives, please let me know! > > I'm pretty sure that "restore -r" will do the right thing and just > unpack the dump archive into the current working directory. I'm pretty > sure that I've done this in the past. > > I don't understand the warnings in the man page: > > -r Restore (rebuild a file system). The target file system should > be made pristine with newfs(8), mounted and the user cd'd into > the pristine file system before starting the restoration of the > initial level 0 backup. > [snip] > The -r flag precludes an interac- > tive file extraction and can be detrimental to one's health if > not used carefully (not to mention the disk) > > Restoring into a directory that already contains stuff is likely to be > harmful to the contents, but I think restoring into an empty directory > should be fine. > > Anyone else care to comment? I've done this a lot.. boot single user.. mount /usr mount -u / mount /var mount /newuser cd /usr find . -xdev -depth|cpio -pdmuv /newusr edit /etc/fstab to swap newusr and usr sync reboot > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Mon Jul 05 2004 - 20:37:55 UTC
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