--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "robertgilland"
<robert_gilland@...> wrote:

>
> Don't know what to do next.
>
> I am trying to back up a data base.
> have already run mend:
>
> %gfix%" -mend -full -ignore "localhost:%path%\COMPANY.GDB"
>
> This came up with a "1 record level error"
>
> then ran
>
> "%gbak%" -B -v -i -se localhost:service_mgr
> "localhost:%path%\COMPANY.GDB" "%path%\COMPANY.GBK"
>
> got the following result.
>
> gbak: 29020000 records written
> gbak: 29040000 records written
> gbak: ERROR: internal gds software consistency check (pointer page
> vanished from mark_full (256))
> gbak: ERROR: gds_$receive failed
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
> gbak: ERROR: internal gds software consistency check (can't continue
> after bugcheck)
>

If you are lucky, the problem is in a backversion of the record(s),
try the -g switch to skip garbage collection.

Adam