Extracting a *really* old storage set ?

[keithbcg]

Is it possible for Retrospect 8 to extract the data from a very old storage set?

I believe it's from Retrospect 4...

If so, how? I've been unable to get RS8 to recognize these files...

 

Some details: There are 3 CDR's, containing the files:

Reel Storage Set.1

Reel Storage Set.2

Reel Storage Set.3

 

Thanks for any help,

KCG

 

Here is some (possibly) useful information about the storage sets.

In the terminal, the command

strings Reel\ Storage\ Set.1 | less

produces:

 

Reel Storage Set
Rxv2Pery
Retrospect
4.0.4.0, 
Dantz Development Corporation 1989-1997
ISubv
Reel Archive
G8@LMS
Icon
Burning Flesh.dv
Burning Flesh

(etc...)

Edited April 14, 2009 by Guest

[Mayoff]

8.0 can not read older backup sets at this time. We are working on adding that functionality in the future.

 

You can try using 6.x for this.

[keithbcg]

No luck so far w/ Retrospect 6.0.204 (w/ driver update 6.6.101)

 

This doesn't work:

• Tools --> Repair --> Repair File Backup Set --> OK
  
• 'Open' Dialog - titled "Opening a backup set catalog file..."
  
• Select 'Reel Storage Set.1'
  
• --> Fails with the message:
  "Sorry, the file 'Reel Storage Set.1' is not a catalog or is heavily damaged."[\li]
  

This also doesn't work:

• Configure --> Backup Sets --> More --> Rebuild --> File Backup Set --> OK[\li]
  
• 'Open' Dialog - titled "Opening a backup set catalog file..."
  
• Select 'Reel Storage Set.1'
  
• --> Fails with the message:
  "Sorry, the file 'Reel Storage Set.1' is not a catalog or is heavily damaged."
  

 

I haven't been able to find any path through Retrospect

that would let me rebuild the catalog file given a file

storage set.

It always ends up asking me to open a file w/ the dialog

"Opening a backup set catalog file..." and gives the

error message above when I select 'Reel Storage Set.1

 

These files are from 2001... I think they're from a

storage set with a separate catalog file (which is now

lost), but I could be wrong.

The files were each on their own CD-R.

Is it possible that they're actually part of a CD storage

set, rather that a File storage set?

I don't know if Retrospect creates CD's w/ a readable

file system and a named file as is the case with these.

(I plan to try that route, if I can get Retrospect to

configure the CD/DVD drive on my Powerbook...)

 

In case it matters, they were created by Retrospect

4-something running on Mac OS9 on a G4 Powerbook

(Lombard or Wallstreet...)

 

Finally, in case this might help verify the format of these

files, I'm including a hexdump of the 1st 256 bytes of

Reel Storage Set.1, 2 and 3 below...

 

Thanks for the help, and apologies for the

epic length of this post!

 

- K

 

=== Reel Storage Set.1 ===

% hexdump -Cn 256 Reel\ Storage\ Set.1
00000000  69 a2 00 01 10 52 65 65  6c 20 53 74 6f 72 61 67  |i?...Reel Storag|
00000010  65 20 53 65 74 1c 09 79  cb b0 09 98 20 40 2c 00  |e Set..yË°.. @,.|
00000020  04 88 ff d1 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..??............|
00000030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  00 00 00 00 52 78 76 32  50 65 72 79 01 00 b7 39  |....Rxv2Pery..?9|
00000050  ef 79 b7 39 f2 e2 00 00  90 b8 6d d1 d8 00 3e 79  |?y?9??...?m??.>y|
00000060  77 d9 85 9a 00 00 01 00  00 00 90 22 00 00 8f 22  |w?........."..."|
00000070  00 00 00 96 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000080  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000100

=== Reel Storage Set.2 ===

% hexdump -Cn 256 Reel\ Storage\ Set.2
00000000  69 a2 00 02 10 52 65 65  6c 20 53 74 6f 72 61 67  |i?...Reel Storag|
00000010  65 20 53 65 74 1c 09 79  cb b0 09 98 20 40 2c 00  |e Set..yË°.. @,.|
00000020  04 88 ff d1 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..??............|
00000030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  00 00 00 00 52 78 76 32  50 65 72 79 01 00 b7 39  |....Rxv2Pery..?9|
00000050  ef 79 b7 39 f2 e2 00 00  90 b8 6d d1 d8 00 3f be  |?y?9??...?m??.??|
00000060  77 d9 54 16 ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |w?T.????????????|
00000070  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |????????????????|
00000080  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff 7f 17 00  |?????????????...|
00000090  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |????????????????|
*
000000d0  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff 8f 10 00  |?????????????...|
000000e0  0f c6 af e7 ee e4 bf 9a  3f 92 b2 77 32 23 f6 c2  |.Ư???.?.?w2#??|
000000f0  19 f4 76 ed 59 90 ba b4  8d 46 e6 f5 cb be 9d ad  |.?v?Y.??.F??˾.?|
00000100

=== Reel Storage Set.3 ===

% hexdump -Cn 256 Reel\ Storage\ Set.3
00000000  69 a2 00 03 10 52 65 65  6c 20 53 74 6f 72 61 67  |i?...Reel Storag|
00000010  65 20 53 65 74 1c 09 79  cb b0 09 98 20 40 2c 00  |e Set..yË°.. @,.|
00000020  04 88 ff d1 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..??............|
00000030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  00 00 00 00 52 78 76 32  50 65 72 79 01 00 b7 39  |....Rxv2Pery..?9|
00000050  ef 79 b7 39 f2 e2 00 00  90 b8 6d d1 d8 00 ff 02  |?y?9??...?m??.?.|
00000060  77 d9 12 bc 1c 4f 04 38  e0 e0 33 e8 12 e7 33 25  |w?.?.O.8??3?.?3%|
00000070  61 39 26 af 91 22 a6 51  71 a7 c9 7b 61 db b3 97  |a9&?."?Qq??{aÛ³.|
00000080  57 11 08 2e 8a 03 cd 64  38 e8 61 38 de 40 01 ed  |W.....?d8?a8?@.?|
00000090  13 2e 07 87 05 d4 a5 e1  ee c5 a0 ed 06 cd e3 2e  |.....Ô¥??Å ?.??.|
000000a0  02 49 15 50 74 5e 1c 0f  06 87 35 92 ed 2e 02 30  |.I.Pt^....5.?..0|
000000b0  1c 4e c6 81 c3 80 08 06  86 16 d0 e9 97 d2 cb e2  |.N?.?.....??.???|
000000c0  b0 00 00 00 00 22 a6 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 97  |?...."?.........|
000000d0  57 12 08 99 af e3 12 13  d8 eb a9 c5 9a df 03 41  |W...??..???.?.A|
000000e0  e1 23 2f 73 f8 fa 7e bf  f1 8f 7f ab d9 4a b7 fb  |?#/s??~??..??J??|
000000f0  99 ef 43 22 42 09 42 41  2a 84 0d 35 20 fd 2e 91  |.?C"B.BA*..5 ?..|
00000100

[CallMeDave]

This doesn't work:

Tools --> Repair --> Repair File Backup Set --> OK

 

This also doesn't work:

Configure --> Backup Sets --> More --> Rebuild --> File Backup Set --> OK

 

 

Well, _are_ these File Storage Sets?

 

What are the Type and Creator codes for the files?

What are the names of the CD-R discs themselves?

[keithbcg]

Doh.

 

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

 

I was certain they were a Retrospect storage set,

but apparently I'd forgotten that I'd used stuffit to split

it up into CD-R sized chunks...

 

I didn't even think to check the Type/Creator code - OS9 seems so very long ago...

 

(In my defense, these CD's have been in a box for the last 8 years...)

 

% /Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo Reel\ Storage\ Set.1

file: "/Users//Reel Storage Set.1"

type: "Seg1"

creator: "SIT!"

attributes: avbstclInmedz

created: 05/30/2001 06:50:47

modified: 05/30/2001 06:55:02

 

Riding the Short Bus today,

-- KCG