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Re: XFS and dump?
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Brandon Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
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Brandon Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:24:11 -0700
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:23 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> 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

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