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Re: Is restore FS-independant ?

To: Vincent Bernat <bernat@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Is restore FS-independant ?
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 08:47:49 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from Vincent Bernat <bernat@xxxxxxx> of "Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:49:41 +0200." <m3k7xlv2vu.fsf@xxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi !
> 
> I would like to know if xfsrestore can be issued on a file system
> which is not XFS and which doesn't have all the possibilities of it ?
> -- 
> BOFH excuse #130:
> new management

The latest version should not complain about missing xfs functionality
in a filesystem, and does not need to sit in a directory on an xfs
filesystem to run. I am not sure what happens if you attempt to restore
files with quotas and extended attributes though. Apart from that it should
work.

Steve



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