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Oct 24, 2010 6:56 AMby RenaudDetry,One more thing: here's a small script that checks whether a filesystem has case-conflicting files:
http://tinyurl.com/2ereggw
(it checks all subdirs of the current working directory) -
Oct 24, 2010 7:26 AMby Pondini,RenaudDetry wrote:
Hi,
I am having trouble restoring a case-sensitive Time Machine backup. The problem apparently occurs because:
- TM restores my system to a case-insensitive filesystem (HFS+), while my original system and its TM backup are on case-sensitive filesystems (HFSX).
Did you format your internal HD to be case-sensitive? If not, that's the reason.
When you do a full system restore, the first thing that Time Machine does is to erase the destination volume -- it does not change the format. -
Oct 24, 2010 3:40 PMby Pondini,HFSX doesn't necessarily mean case-sensitive; it just means it can be case-sensitive.
You might be able to format the drive to case-sensitive, install OSX on it, then use +Setup Assistant+ when it reboots to transfer your apps, users, data, etc.
I'm assuming you really need a case-sensitive disk; OSX generally doesn't much like it. -
Oct 25, 2010 9:11 AMby RenaudDetry,Pondini wrote:
HFSX doesn't necessarily mean case-sensitive; it just means it can be case-sensitive.
Right, I stand corrected on this
Let me rephrase:
All the partitions of my internal HD, and all the partition of my external HD are case-sensitive.
When I try to restore the system to an empty partition, TM starts by formatting it to case-INsensitive, hence the title of this post.
Renaud. -
Oct 25, 2010 9:41 AMby Pondini,RenaudDetry wrote:
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All the partitions of my internal HD, and all the partition of my external HD are case-sensitive.
When I try to restore the system to an empty partition, TM starts by formatting it to case-INsensitive, hence the title of this post.
Yes, I understand (I'm very surprised for it to do that, and haven't tested it myself to see if it's something unique to your setup).
Have you tried formatting to case-sensitive, installing OSX from a disc, then using +Setup Assistant+ (not a full system restore)? That may work. -
Nov 4, 2010 7:18 AMby Pondini,RenaudDetry wrote:
Have you tried formatting to case-sensitive, installing OSX from a disc, then using +Setup Assistant+ (not a full system restore)? That may work.
Restoring through Setup Assistant does not produce an exact copy of the original system.
Exactly; it will get everything +*except OSX.+* That's what it's for! And why it may accomplish what you want. -
Nov 5, 2010 5:52 AMby Jason Ozolins,Pondini wrote:
RenaudDetry wrote:
...When I try to restore the system to an empty partition, TM starts by formatting it to case-INsensitive, hence the title of this post.
Yes, I understand (I'm very surprised for it to do that, and haven't tested it myself to see if it's something unique to your setup).
Have you tried formatting to case-sensitive, installing OSX from a disc, then using +Setup Assistant+ (not a full system restore)? That may work.
FWIW, I just found this the hard way. Did a full Time Machine restore onto a filesystem that was previously journaled, case-sensitive, and in the process ended up with journaled, case-INsensitive.
Not sure if setting up the partition as a fresh one with Disk Utility just before starting the TM restore could have changed the behaviour - I suspect it won't, sadly... -
Dec 4, 2010 2:20 PMby Pondini,Ah, good to have that confirmed -- it will probably come up again. Case-sensitive systems are quite rare (OSX really doesn't much like them), but a few folks run them.
Did you use +Setup Assistant+ or +Migration Assistant?+ If you set up a user account, then used +Migration Assistant,+ double-check that the transferred user accounts have the proper permissions to files on other disks, including your backups. -
Dec 4, 2010 2:36 PMby noisymime,Pondini wrote:
Ah, good to have that confirmed -- it will probably come up again. Case-sensitive systems are quite rare (OSX really doesn't much like them), but a few folks run them.
Did you use +Setup Assistant+ or +Migration Assistant?+ If you set up a user account, then used +Migration Assistant,+ double-check that the transferred user accounts have the proper permissions to files on other disks, including your backups.
Sorry it probably was Setup Assistant. Whatever the one that is part of the OSX installer process is. ie I didn't create a user and then copy things over.
Interestingly, when I reinstalled I did it onto a case INsensitive filesystem and things still seem to have gone fine with the migration.
