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Re: Soliciting "I need these everywhere I go" package lists from Debian admins



On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:57:47PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Marc Singer <elf@buici.com> wrote:
> > I haven't seen 
> 
> > dump
> > restore
> 
> Iirc dump/restore has been broken on linux for a long time, I do not
> know whether this link still works:
> http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-16/1175.html
>              cu andreas

Interesting.  I have used them with good effect for many years.  Yes,
I have restored filesystem.  IIRC, it should all be OK as long as the
filesystem is unmounted before using dump.



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