From 5a467edf592b43cf3da6933780fc025046bd07d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Kelling Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:47:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add note about repository version error --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0b5c924..eb05d5b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ mount point like `/home`, you could miss important data. The alternative is to not use that option, but make heavy use of statements like `--exclude /proc`, etc. +Note that kaya runs `restic init` using the local restic and backups are run +using the remote restic. If the remote restic version is too old +compared to the local one, this can result in an error: `Fatal: config +cannot be loaded: unsupported repository version`. To fix this, either +adjust the restic versions or initialize with a repository version by +adjusting how `kaya` calls `restic init`. + ### Extracting data from backup repos mkdir ~/mount/ -- 2.25.1