Thanks for all the help. I've added the -X option to tar and have a file containing all directories and files I don't wish to backup.
Cody -----Original Message----- From: Gayn Winters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:06 PM To: Cody Holland; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Restore System > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cody Holland > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:48 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Restore System > I did a full backup of a server with tar using the following command: > tar cpzf servername`date +%m%d%y`.tgz / > > I'm trying to restore it on another server with the following command: > tar -xzpf /path to backup file > > The problem I'm running into is that the original system is has an IDE > harddrive, and the new system is SCSI. I'm getting the following > errors: > dev/ad0: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1a: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1b: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1c: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1d: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > dev/ad0s1e: Can't restore device node: No such file or directory > > Is there an easy way around this? Any help would greatly be > appreciated. You should probably step back and tell us: 1. What you are trying to accomplish. 2. What hardware you have (both machines). 3. What software you are running (uname -a). You should probably at least reread the Handbook on devices, device naming, backups (in particular dump and restore). Best regards, -gayn _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
