Re: xfsrestore problems

[John Kihonge <mkulima@sgi.com>]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 09:51:07PM +0200, Juergen Hasch wrote:
>
> > > > I'll have to see what is involved in the upgrade. Slackware is close to
> > > > another release which might use that version or later.
> >
> > I really don't understand how a minor glibc library update can cause such
> > problems. All other binaries were identical (kernel, modules, xfs libraries).
>
> I don't know for sure it even changed anything. In fact, I really don't
> believe the upgrade to 2.2.4 actually did anything. Today I looked
> through the files again, and I really think the results were about the
> same.
>
> The main difference this time was the error message I got more than the
> number of files restored.
>
> I think it's very bad that a restore program can be so heavily affected
> by the dump program's online database. The restore should do a restore,
> period, no funny business.
>
> --
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We are working to try and determine what might be happening and to help you
restore the data. The backup may not be lost and you may be able to recover the
files you want. The problem you are having may have nothing to do with the online
database. We are working hard at it and we will get back to you early next week.

Thanks,

Kihonge JN