Subject: Re: dump/restore across different architectures
To: None <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
From: Brad Spencer <brad@anduin.eldar.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/27/1998 20:11:29
     Can NetBSD restore read dumps made on a different NetBSD architecture?
   Specifically, is byte swapping an issue?

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I'v done restores from Sparc to i386 and Alpha to i386.  It seemed to work
fine in those cases.



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