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Re: "ROOTBACKUP=1" corruption problems on amd64 (OPENBSD_4_0)

From: Darrin Chandler (dwchandlerstilyagin.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 10:38:01 CDT


On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:11:36AM +0200, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using ROOTBACKUP=1 to have daily backups on several boxes running
> amd64 OPENBSD_4_0.
> Actually I noticed that on 1 box (the hardware is +/- 3 month old), the
> partition is *always* corrupted after the backup.
> The corruption happens every day.
>
> Does anyone have an idea what could be the problem?

Here's a guess: you updated your system, but haven't rebooted since
building userland. If that's the case, reboot and I bet the next backup
is a *lot* cleaner.

If that's not the case, then what Otto said. ;)

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