Re: xfsrestore on non-xfs filesystem ?

[Michael Loftis <mloftis@xxxxxxxxx>]

--On Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:01 +0100 Nicolas.Kowalski@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Is it possible to restore files from a xfsdump backup on a non-XFS
> filesystem ?

No.  xfsdump/restore and XFS style dumps (all dumps in general really) are 
filesystm specific.  If you want/need a portable backup get and use GNU Tar.

> 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
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Nicolas



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