[Box Backup] Strange backup corruption

Per Reedtz Thomsen boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:09:55 -0800


On 1/2/07 2:39 PM, booger@post.pl wrote:
> Witam,
>
>   
>>>  2. How to prevent generation of so large file by bbstored?
>>>       
>
>   
>> Don't use dodgy hard discs which corrupt your data.
>>     
>
> I   don't  think  it's  hardware  problem.  Hard  disk  is  new,  100%
> error-free,  400GB  Seagate.  Even  large test files which I write and
> read are ok.
>
> Every  other  boxbackup account backups and restores ok. So I think it
> is something with data being backuped - is it possible that there is a
> loop  in  backuped  filesystem (hard or soft link) and boxbackup loops
> itself?
>
>   
IIRC Box Backup doesn't follow links, but backs up the link, so that 
can't be it. Can you tell which file is being corrupted? What size does 
it have?

Thanks,
Per



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