[Box Backup] Restoring a corrupted archive?
Magnus Homann
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:02:10 +0200
Hi!
My name is Magnus, and my disk crashed. :-)
At least, fsck -f -y is spending a lot of time working on it, not
finished yet. It's a ext3 on Ubuntu.
Luckily, i have run boxbackup on it. :-)
Unfortunately, the bbstored is writing to the same disk. :-(
Luckily, I rsync every night the files written by bbstored to a remote
server. :-)
Unfortunately, the crash was probably while rsyncing. :-(
So, I have a local disk with a messed up file system, backed up to the
same file system - yes, I know... - and then rsynced off-site.
What can bbstored do with an archive that is partly rsynched from a
newer version?
(As I wrote, the fsck was finished, lots of files gone).
Can I check if the bbstored archive is consistent on my local disk? Can
I recreate the remote archive that may/may not be consistent?
What non-.intrusive checks can I make, can I start bbstored in a
'read-only' mode?
In short, I need help. :-)
Thanks for any pointers,
Magnus