Hello, Perhaps there is an easier/better solution then kbackup/afio? Before I reinstall from scratch, I would appreciate advice, as it may be possible to get my system back....
I recently used the "zdisk" utility to successfully build a boot floopy, with my kernel that has support for my (imm) Zip drive, in the hopes of implementing a backup/restore strategy for my Debian slink system. I used "kbackup" to make a full backup, to 3 Zip disks. Of course to make sure I could restore, I wiped out my system partition, and am having problems restoring it (darn it!). The "restore" command specified in the "kbackup" documentation is a little confusing, as they use `` and '' for double quotes, and I am not sure if the "-" at the end next to "verbatim" is needed. It looks like the "-" is needed though, as the command does nothing without it. But the afio and multibuf help text mentions nothing about a "-" by itself. In any case, at the end of the first Zip disk, I get an error about end of medium. I have been trying many commands to try to start from the 2nd Zip disk, with no luck. There is only the "KBackup-Arc.arc" file on the 2nd Zip, unlike the 1st which as a header file, etc. To restore starting from the 1st Zip I am using the command : multibuf -r -h -F -c "umount /mnt;echo Next Volume;read" -C "mount /dev/sda4 /mnt -t ext2" /mnt/KBackup-Arc.arc | afio -i -vzZ - Things start to be restored properly until the end of the 1st Zip. It then fails, errors about end of medium. I have been trying all sorts of commands to start at the second Zip, with no luck. There is a KBackup-Arc.arc on the 2nd Zip disk, but I don't know if it is possible to get the files back. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
