That’s IT, I think. The external drive is formatted in FAT, and not exFAT. If both .tar.gz files were over 4gb, I (over) cooked my own goose. Talk about noobie errors.
Thanks, Luigi. > On Aug 30, 2022, at 9:45 PM, Luigi Cantoni via evolution-list > <evolution-list@gnome.org> wrote: > > > Someone else commented about file size limitations and this is far more of a > problem with MS type files systems. > Check what type it is and if not one of the Linux/unix style ones change and > start again. > You may find that works better. > But remember non MS file system may/may not be readable by MS based systems. > -- > Thanks > Luigi 2 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mr. J <coml...@sonic.net> > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Restoring Evolution > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:33:49 -0700 > Mailer: Evolution 3.44.1-0ubuntu1 > > Update!!!! > > I started recovering the file with gzrt, et. > al. https://www.aaronrenn.com/arenn/hacking/gzrt/gzrt.html and am > getting closer. So anyone who falls into such a hole may find some > salvation. > > However, and for the list: Recovering with gzrt and cpio gave me some > error messages that certain (lots of) files/folders couldn't be > created because they already existed. That made me think the recover > commands I had entered attempted to recreate the mail and data in my > existing Evolution. So I did another Evolution backup (shame on me) of > the existing Evolution data, to the same external hard drive, and then > tried recover - thinking I would remove Evolution and reinstall it > with no data. I tested the backup .tar.gz to be careful, but I got > the same error message that the file was invalid. So I did a backup > again, but this time to the internal hard drive. Voila! Backup and > Recover were successful. So there's something about the process or > the external hard drive (or both?) that prevents the creation of a > valid .tar.gz backup file on my hard drive. It was recently > formatted, so I'm at a loss to explain. > > More to come. (I hope the list will indulge me because I'm a noob on > most of the Linux command structure.) > > IJ > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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