Re: [rdiff-backup-users] critical irresponsible behaviour

2008-03-15 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Mortee, On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, mortee wrote: > To have my server up temporarily until I can acquire a real replacement > disk, I just put that HDD in, and booted from it in single user mode. I > mounted the backup disk, and (yes, this is arguably my fault) I haven't > paid extra attention to

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: critical unwary behaviour

2008-03-15 Thread devzero
i don`t know how often it has been reported here because i don`t follow the list traffic into depth. i think it`s serious, but i`m not that every-day power-user and i`m not contributing code - so what i tell here shouldn't count very much. let's wait for a comment of a power user or developer.

[rdiff-backup-users] Re: critical unwary behaviour

2008-03-15 Thread mortee
Does this mean that this is a known serious issue which has been reported multiple times, but still no one thinks it's worth fixing? mortee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi ! sad that you lost you files. i had come across this a long time ago and that makes me always keep something in mind on res

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] critical unvary behaviour

2008-03-15 Thread devzero
Hi ! sad that you lost you files. i had come across this a long time ago and that makes me always keep something in mind on restore: be careful with the options! see http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2006-04/msg00024.html regards roland > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht