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Re: [Bug-tar] Problem with --listed-incremental and --one-file-system
From: |
Martin Simmons |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] Problem with --listed-incremental and --one-file-system |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Apr 2004 00:35:06 +0100 (BST) |
>>>>> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:39:46 -0400, Chris Schanzle <address@hidden> said:
Chris> While doing a test disaster recovery with a Fedora Linux box that has
Chris> /boot and / as separate filesystems, I discovered that during the
Chris> restore of the first incremental, the contents of /boot were removed.
Chris> Below is a similar test to illustrate my problem. Did I find a bug or
Chris> just a new mistake in my methods?
A workaround is to keep separate tars for each filesystem, so they can be
restored in isolation. In particular, the restore order can be
full /
all incrementals of /
full /boot
all incrementals of /boot
__Martin