Rdiff-backup takes any existing data as a base in a target dir that has to be initialized, so just remove the rdiff-metadata from the target, while keeping the data that has already been copied :-)
Cheers David > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: rdiff-backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org [mailto:rdiff- > backup-users-bounces+mail=dkriesel....@nongnu.org] Im Auftrag von tim > Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012 13:24 > An: rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > Betreff: [rdiff-backup-users] resuming initial backup > > hi, > > i'm using a synology ds411 nas as backup target. the processor on this > device is very slow, so i don't get a transfer rate of more than 5 mb/s > when accessing it via ssh (cpu-bound). this makes backups for my 500GB > data partition rather painful. > > i'd therefore like to interrupt and later resume the initial backup. > however rdiff-backup tells me: > Found interrupted initial backup. Removing... > > ... and then starts copying the files ... is there any way to resume an > initial backup? > > thanks, tim > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
