Hello Lester,

I think it's well-known problem with database file at Linux

http://www.ib-aid.com/articles/item70

See "Disappeared” files on Linux/Unix/HP-UX/...

Regards,
Alexey Kovyazin
IBSurgeon

> Having been running Firebird for many years without a single problem,
> I've just
> lost a database!
>
> Firebird 2.5.1 on Linux
> Went to back up the database so I could move it over to another
> machine to work
> on. I got an error
> page 1 is of wrong type (expected 2, found 9) during the backup ( via
> Flamerobin )
>
> Trying to reconnect I got - file not found - and now there is no sign
> of the
> file in the folder!
>
> The automatic backup had failed as well, so I'm back with an earlier
> version,
> and everything else seems to be running fine on the machine. Several
> other
> websites are fine.
>
> So 'what the f has happened and why?'
>
> ( Loading back in all the new stuff manually :( )
>
> --
> Lester Caine - G8HFL
>

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