From: Sorin S. <sor...@or...> - 2011-04-14 06:38:06
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Les Mikesell [mailto:les...@gm...] >Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:10 PM >To: bac...@li... >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file? > >>> 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. > >Usually that means the restore is configured to use ssh in some way, and >the ssh keys aren't set up correctly. Is there something different >about the way your restore command works? I do use passwordless login for the backups to work. The backup works fine using ssh this way; I don't get prompted for a password. Not sure though, how you mean different for restoring. Could you elaborate a bit? I haven't really looked into the first restore option, ie tweaked in any way, as #2 and #3 have worked fine so far, until now. -- /Sorin |