Re: Backup after reset

[schuetze <Matthias.Schuetze@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ronald,


> > However, when I try to install these backups via the installer conduit I get 
a 
> > "fatal exception" on my Pilot and a hanging PilotManager. This happens on my 
> > Linux box as well as on my SUN workstation. The Pilot has to be reset again 
and 
> > the PilotManager has to be killed. It seems to me that this problem always 
> > happens when the installer tries to transfer a file that already exists on 
the 
> > Pilot. 

> I did the translation of HandyShopper v.17 to german. While I did this, I
> had the same problem when I wanted to reinstall the - shredded due to tests
> - HandyShopperDB.PDB. I told that Chris Antos (the author of HS) and he told
> me that one could simply get around the problem: first delete HandyShopper
> (PRC and PDB) from the Pilot, then install HandyShopperDB.PDB and then
> HandyShopper.PRC. I tried it and it worked. Just before releasing v1.7 to
> the public he managed to solve the problem of the fatal exeption. If someone
> needs a hint what he did - just ask him.


Well, that is exactly what I experienced: First delete the database from the 
Pilot and then install it again via the installer conduit. 

But: what to do with the built-in databases, e.g. MemoDB? How can I manage to 
delete them prior to install?

Matthias

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