Hi Nicolas,
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:01:58AM +0100, Nicolas.Kowalski@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> Is it possible to restore files from an xfsdump backup on a non-XFS
> filesystem ?
>
It should be possible and indeed it used to be possible :)
> Here is was I get when I try to restore on an ext3 filesystem
> ("/restore"):
>
> gaspard:/restore# xfsrestore -i -f /dev/nst0 /restore
> xfsrestore: using scsi tape (drive_scsitape) strategy
> xfsrestore: version 2.2.25 (dump format 3.0) - Running single-threaded
> xfsrestore: unable to construct a file system handle for /restore:
> Inappropriate ioctl for device
> xfsrestore: Restore Status: ERROR
>
Bummer.
Looks like we've regressed in this area.
In the past, if one wasn't using any EAs
(and there may have been some other XFS specific things)
then one could restore onto non-xfs -
I remember restoring a simple fs onto ext2.
I'll talk to the people that changed this handle code
and try to get this going again.
Cheers,
Tim.
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