[rdiff-backup-users] unable to restore files

[Philippe]

Hello,

I have a server that losts it's system disk 15 days ago, I have just check
it now (comming back from holidays). I was not worried because I had
backups on another server with rdiff-backup (backupninja)
So I have re-installed a Debian 5 and now I want to restore all the files
in order to get my server up and running.

when I run this command :

rdiff-backup --force -r now address@hidden::/home/server2/daily/etc /etc

I have this error :

Fatal Error: Previous backup to /home/server2/daily seems to have failed.
Rerun rdiff-backup with --check-destination-dir option to revert directory
to state before unsuccessful session.

then I did this command :

rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir address@hidden::/home/server2/daily

and I have this output :

Exception 'CRC check failed' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304,
in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324,
in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 282,
in take_action
    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 857,
in CheckDest
    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 450, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304,
in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324,
in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 282,
in take_action
    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 857,
in CheckDest
    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 450, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
IOError: CRC check failed

What does it means ? and what can I do ?

Best regards

Philippe