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From: "Marcin Zajączkowski" <mszpak@wp.pl>
To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: xfs_ncheck (actually xfs_db) eats a lot of memory and is killed
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:42:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <emddqo$bq7$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200612200059.LAA04335@larry.melbourne.sgi.com>

Barry Naujok wrote:
(...)
>> Btw, is it possible to mount XFS filesystem from the file created by 
>> xfs_copy?
>> If not, is it possible to restore file system "backuped" to file (by 
>> xfs_copy)? I read in the manual that the first parameter 
>> xfs_copy has to 
>> be device (not file). xfs_restore will work with that "dump"?
>  
> Yes, you can mount an XFS filesystem file using the "-o loop" mount
> option and specifying the file for the device.
> 
> Yes, you can xfs_copy from a file back to a device. From the man page:
> "The first (source) argument must be the pathname of the device or file
> containing the XFS filesystem.". 

In fact. I don't know why I missed it earlier.


Thanks
Marcin

      reply	other threads:[~2006-12-21  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-16 17:58 xfs_ncheck (actually xfs_db) eats a lot of memory and is killed Marcin Zajączkowski
2006-12-18  1:24 ` Barry Naujok
2006-12-18  8:15   ` Marcin Zajączkowski
2006-12-18 23:54     ` Barry Naujok
2006-12-19  7:38     ` Marcin Zajączkowski
2006-12-20  1:05       ` Barry Naujok
2006-12-21  7:42         ` Marcin Zajączkowski [this message]

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