[mdlug] Partway through the grieving process

[Ingles, Raymond]

So, I use the "Backup" utility on my Playstation 3, no errors. Use the
"Install Other OS" option to repartition the disk, and install Ubuntu
9.04 into the 10GB partition I made. The install goes pretty smoothly,
it boots up and connects to my WPA-encrypted wifi network without
trouble.

 So, I use the "Restore" function to get back my PS3 data and... it
errors out at 21%. Then it insists the hard drive is corrupt and needs
to be reformatted. I've tried multiple different ways to restore,
including copying the backup to another drive and restoring from there,
but no dice.

 Apparently, everything's gone. The only thing that can't be easily
replaced are the save games, which represent hours of time. That's
*extremely* irritating. I should have backed up the save games
specifically, but I had no reason suspect a problem with the backup.

 So, word of warning if you decide to put Linux on your PS3 - the backup
utility is not totally reliable.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                                  (313)
227-2317

    "I can write programs that control air traffic, intercept ballistic
        missiles, reconcile bank accounts, control production lines."

 "So can I, and so can any man, but do they *work* when you do write
them?"

        - Fred Brooks, after Shakespeare, "The Mythical Man-Month"
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