HELP! Can't restore system after 1st ZIP afio archive
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.
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