| Jeff Abrahamson on 5 Oct 2004 22:07:02 -0000 |
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 02:05:45PM -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > [52 lines, 318 words, 1943 characters] Top characters: etaornis > > Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > >I am restoring my pilot data to a new palm device (a different model > >Palm OS device). What I expect is that I should do a restore, then a > >sync. I am using jpilot, which is also what backed up the previous > >device. > > > >When I do this, I see a difference of some 700 odd records (lost) > >between the old device and the current. > > > Are you comparing numbers immediately after the restore, or after > syncing? That is, are the records not being restored, or are they being > deleted by the sync? Not clear, I didn't think to count before the sync. I did the restore + sync, then counted. > I assume that you have (1) at least as much memory as you had in the old > device, and that the OS version is the same or newer. Am I right? Correct. > Were the missing records marked "Private" on the old unit? Are you > using the same device name, and the same password for Private records? > If Palm OS doesn't like the way you deleted or changed a password and > device ID, it will delete Private records. These things don't seem to have been at issue. In the end, I fiddled and eventually some combination of restore and sync (with occasional restore via tar of the ~/.jpilot/ directory) got it to where it was supposed to be. Very odd. I'm glad I maintain lots of backups. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B A cool book of games, highly worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931686963/purple-20 Attachment:
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