Failure making fc3 backup image

[Michael D. Setzer II]

On 8 Feb 2005 at 11:08, Barry Yu wrote:

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> 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.
> 
> -- 

I've had similar problems with Ghost 2003 and similar error 
messages. I have found that both G4U (netbsd) and G4L (linux) 
have no problem making an image. My classroom machines have 
98, XP, and FC3 now, and they don't have a problem.
Both basically use dd to copy the data,  pipe it thru gzip, and then ftp 
it to a ftp server. 

G4U is run from boot diskettes, and also included on the ubcd 
(Ultimae Boot CD). G4L is a sourceforge/freshmeat project, but the 
current author doesn't seem to be around  since Nov/Dec. I've been 
making updates to the project on my site. 


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