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From: doc@holin.ATT.COM (David Mundhenk)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: UNIXpc crash & can't restore cpio - (addendum)
Keywords: disk crash cpio panic
Message-ID: <589@holin.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 89 13:31:17 GMT
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: AT&T DSG Holmdel NJ USA
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Regarding crash and failed cpio restoration:
[...]
] 
] System came up just fine. Then I tried to restore 
] my cpio backup (saved with cpio -ocvumB>/dev/rfp021
] on 10 sector floppies). On disk #3, I got the message:
] 
] "I/O failure on header: I/O error
] Can't read input; aborting."
] 
] I tried to 'dd' in this floppy to poke around, and 'dd' said the same
] thing. 
] 
] W H A T   G I V E S ?
] 
] This is the first time I've had trouble with a cpio backup on this 
] system. Could it be a bad floppy, are my heads dirty, or what?
] Is there a way to fix this?  I know which files are in this section
] of the backup, and they aren't critical, so if there is a way to
] bypass this section somehow, I'm all ears! (I tried cpio with a
] "!pattern" at the end - it still bombs).
] 

It has been suggested to me to try 'afio' which was posted here a
while back, and I do have a copy of it that can be restored. I won't
be able to try this until this evening. Any other ideas are still
quite welcome!

Dave

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