On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Peter Samuel wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Darrell May wrote:
>
> > > The restore status is stored in /etc/e-smith/restore. To reset the
> > > status (I don't recommend doing this unless you KNOW that something
> > > has gone wrong) do this
> > >
> > > /sbin/e-smith/db /etc/e-smith/restore setprop restore state idle
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Peter, that worked fine and restored the panel. Would something like
> > this be good to incorporate into the panel as a 'reset' action with
> > appropriate warning of course? Might save a lot of support calls.
>
> I'd prefer it to be handled automatically - I don't want to think
> about people accidentally reseting the status and then running another
> backup/restore on an incomplete system.
If you think about it Darrell, you will only ever be in that state if an
install was started and did not complete. And your system is not usable in
that state.
The most likely thing you will choose to do in that state is to 1)
diagnose and correct your restoration problem and 2) do a fresh install,
then restore from tape again (but finish the process this time).
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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