diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' e-smith-backup-1.14.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/restore-from-disk mezzanine_patched_e-smith-backup-1.14.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/restore-from-disk
--- e-smith-backup-1.14.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/restore-from-disk	2006-03-14 10:08:45.000000000 -0700
+++ mezzanine_patched_e-smith-backup-1.14.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/restore-from-disk	2007-01-18 08:56:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 exit 0 unless $program eq 'CopyFromDisk';
 
-die("Root path to restore from must be provided\n") unless defined $path;
+die("Root path to restore from must be provided\n") unless defined $path && -d $path;
 chdir $path or die "Could not chdir to $path: $!";
 
 my $backup_db = new esmith::Backup or die "Couldn't create Backup object\n";
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@
 die "Can't fork: $!" unless defined(my $pid = open(STDIN, "-|"));
 if ($pid)
 {
-    # parent - copy files from $path to /
-    exec("cpio", "-dump", "/");
+    # parent - extract files to /
+    exec(qw(tar -C / -xf -));
 }
 else
 {
-    # generate a set of pathnames under $path which are to be restored
-    exec("find", @restore);
+    # create archive from $path which are to be restored
+    chroot($path) || die "Can't chroot to $path";
+    open(STDERR, ">/dev/null");
+    exec(qw(tar -C / -cf -), @restore);
 }