Re: xfsrestore assertion failure

[Seth Mos <seth@arosa.nl>]

At 13:16 2-8-2001 -0400, Steve Roseman wrote:
> >   # xfsrestore -t -f /dev/st0
> >....
> >   xfsrestore: examining media file 1
> >   xfsrestore: seeking past media file directory dump
> >   xfsrestore: drive_scsitape.c:1461: do_next_mark: Assertion
> >    `rechdrp->first_mark_offset - rechdrp->file_offset <= ( off64_t )
> >   ( contextp->dc_recsz )' failed.
> >   Aborted (core dumped)
>
>The following fix seems to resolve the problem.  xfsrestore -t works, at
>least.  (I'll try a real restore later.) I suspect the problem is in
>endian-converting first_mark_offset, maybe when it contains the value
>-1.
>
>Possibly this fix will make the dumps compatible with IRIX, but I
>suspect few will mind.

I suspect more since this means that people migrating from Irix can still 
read their backups.
I know I would be happy if you could still restore your backup.

Cheers
--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.