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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: How do I restor a set of incremental dumps?
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Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 00:17:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 16 00:17:39 1984
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Well, I know this isn't an answer for your case, but the 4.2 restore
(note the 'e' on the end) program must be run on a MOUNTED disk, and
creates the new files using the standard creat and mknod calls.  Really
helps to leave your disks in a more consistent state.  (At least, this is
my understanding of what it is doing.)  I recently switched to 4.2, and
in the process, modified the disk layout drastically (splitting what was
previously 2 filesystems into 4).  Since neither of the old filesystems
would have fit into the new slots, I just created symbolic links to the
parts I wanted to put on another filesystem, and it all worked!

E.g., put /usr/src on /w/src:
	mount /usr and /w appropriately
	mkdir /w/src
	ln -s /w/src /usr/src
	cd /usr
	restore r
		... wait a long time ... :-)

=S