Failure making fc3 backup image

[David Hoffman]

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:08:20 -0800, Barry Yu
<barryyupuilee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I attemped to make an image file of fc3 for restoration purpose and
> encountered  problems;
> 
> 1. Using ghost 8.0
>    When just started, ghost checked the fc3 first for about 1 minute,
> and display message "An internal inconsistency has been detected. If
> this problem persists, contact Symantech Tech Support.", then I was
> forced to exit - Failure in making image.
> 
> 2. Using partimage - problem in restoration ;
>    The making of fc3 image went well throughtout.
>    The restoration - When the process reached 96%, the message pop up
> "Impossible to find a local check structure, data may be damaged. Do you
> want to continue?" I selected "Yes" but program can't continue at all,
> the only thing left I can do was to select "No", and after it another
> message "Magic string does not match; error in the image file xxxxxx.ooo".
> ------------
> I had wiped out the fc3 partition twice and did 2 clean installation and
> still can't solve the problem.
> But the fc3 seemed working except as mentioned above. would appreciate
> any input.
> 

Ghost is not compatible with EXT3 file systems. This is a known issue
that Symantec is aware of, and has been discussed at length on this
list.

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David
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