I don't understand the following. Can someone help me? The rdiff-backups were made on a fedora 17 machine. Last week I copied the latest versions to a Ubuntu 12.04 machine I was using while the other was out of commission. Tonight I tried to do an update to the rdiff-backup files from the Ubuntu machine, to move the files back to the fedora machine, which has been updated, and I'm getting the result indicated below. A previous attempt resulted in "IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system" along with lots of python stuff, but this time I didn't get the "read only file system error."
root@eric-lenovo:/media# rdiff-backup --exclude /home/eric/.evolution/cache/tmp --exclude /home/eric/.config/google-chrome/SingletonSocket --exclude /home/eric/.gtk-bookmarks/.gvfs --exclude "/home/eric/VirtualBox VMs" --exclude /home/eric/repository --include /home/eric --include /var/www --exclude '**' / /media/b080d187-ad00-4b4a-9721-fcbe5e839827/Fedora15-2Backup Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. Exception '[Errno 5] Input/output error: '/media/b080d187-ad00-4b4a-9721-fcbe5e839827/Fedora15-2Backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/home/eric/.thumbnails/normal/ad2df772086dcc00f02c870a857435bd.png.2013-04-14T20:24:22-04:00.diff'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.OSError'>': File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main take_action(rps) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 280, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, in Backup backup_final_init(rpout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 501, in backup_final_init checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 920, in checkdest_if_necessary dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 71, in Regress for rf in iterate_meta_rfs(mirror_rp, inc_rpath): ITR(rf.index, rf) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 197, in iterate_meta_rfs for raw_rf, metadata_rorp in collated: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 92, in Collate2Iters try: relem1 = riter1.next() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 174, in helper for sub_rf in rf.yield_sub_rfs(): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 515, in yield_sub_rfs for mirror_rp, inc_pair in collated: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 100, in Collate2Iters try: relem2 = riter2.next() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 566, in yield_inc_complexes items = get_inc_pairs() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 554, in get_inc_pairs for filename in dirlist: add_to_dict(filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 547, in add_to_dict rp = inc_rpath.append(filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1149, in append return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884, in __init__ else: self.setdata() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 287, in make_file_dict return C.make_file_dict(filename) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module> rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main try: Main(arglist) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main take_action(rps) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 280, in take_action elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 337, in Backup backup_final_init(rpout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 501, in backup_final_init checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 920, in checkdest_if_necessary dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 71, in Regress for rf in iterate_meta_rfs(mirror_rp, inc_rpath): ITR(rf.index, rf) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 197, in iterate_meta_rfs for raw_rf, metadata_rorp in collated: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 92, in Collate2Iters try: relem1 = riter1.next() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 175, in helper for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 174, in helper for sub_rf in rf.yield_sub_rfs(): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 515, in yield_sub_rfs for mirror_rp, inc_pair in collated: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 100, in Collate2Iters try: relem2 = riter2.next() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 566, in yield_inc_complexes items = get_inc_pairs() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 554, in get_inc_pairs for filename in dirlist: add_to_dict(filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 547, in add_to_dict rp = inc_rpath.append(filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1149, in append return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884, in __init__ else: self.setdata() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 287, in make_file_dict return C.make_file_dict(filename) OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/media/b080d187-ad00-4b4a-9721-fcbe5e839827/Fedora15-2Backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/home/eric/.thumbnails/normal/ad2df772086dcc00f02c870a857435bd.png.2013-04-14T20:24:22-04:00.diff' root@eric-lenovo:/media# cd b* root@eric-lenovo:/media/b080d187-ad00-4b4a-9721-fcbe5e839827# ls -al total 561480 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 21 2012 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 17 20:35 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 eric eric 574345847 Sep 8 2011 evolution-backup.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Oct 11 10:25 Fedora15-2Backup drwx------ 5 root root 4096 Dec 21 2011 Fedora15Backup drwx------ 2 eric users 16384 Mar 4 2010 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Sep 27 2012 openSUSE11.2Backup drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Mar 21 2012 .Trash-0 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