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some .tar files need to be repaired

some .tar files need to be repaired is project number 366615
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Selected Providers: nicKTime

Budget: $30-250

Created: 01/07/2009 at 2:15 EST

Bid Count: 3

Average Bid:
$ 30

01/10/2009 at 2:15 EST

Project Creator: jesse0202
Employer Rating: 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 (14 reviews)

Description

I have an old server. Yesterday I wanted to change the OS. so I had to backup some data first. I backup them in this way:
1) for /home directory, I used "tar cvf homedir.tar /home". I got a homedir.tar file.
2) for /var/db/mysql directory, I used "tar cvf mysqldir.tar /var/db/mysql". I got a mysqldir.tar file.
3) I uploaded those 2 files to a Windows server via FTP.

Later, the server's OS changed from FreeBSD 6.1 to Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The harddisk was totally formatted and re-assigned.

Now, Via FTP from the Windows server I downloaded those 2 .tar files back. I tried "tar xvf homedir.tar" and "tar xvf mysqldir.tar". Both tar files can't be extracted. The error message is:

tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

A friend told me that probably was because of I used wrong FTP Mode to upload/download files. But no idea how to fix.

Help me, Please!

Thanks,
Jesse

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See more: backup, data, error, freebsd, ftp, idea, linux, os, server, ubuntu, wanted, windows, windows server

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PMB

1 day

01-07-2009 03:57 EST

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(12 reviews)

Hello, I'm an experienced systems and network admin. Please, take a look at my PM. Thanks.

nicKTime

0 days

01-07-2009 04:17 EST

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(1 reviews)

I can fix this right now.

shawnbishop

1 day

01-07-2009 03:51 EST

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(1 reviews)

Your file extraction command is wrong tar -xvf filename.tar Cheers ( Had to put an amount in )

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