BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file?

2011-04-13 09:35:56
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file?
From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se>
To: "'General list for user discussion, questions and support'" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:34:14 +0200
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tyler J. Wagner [mailto:tyler AT tolaris DOT com]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:03 PM
>To: sorin.srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se; General list for user discussion, 
>questions
>and support
>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file?
>
>On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:38 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> A user came to me this morning asking me to restore a folder which turns out 
>> to
>> be some 8,5GB.
>
>Why don't you just restore it back to his machine, using the typical
>option 1? If BackupPC archived it in the first place, it can restore it
>the same way.

I've never had that option to work. This time I got a weird "unable to read 4 
bytes"-error when trying a direct restore.
-- 
/Sorin



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