From 1c250ae39c7dce231dc1c1e8ef4252cf60dae0e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marvin Gaube Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:25:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Backport of #3987 Backport of https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/pull/3987 --- docs/faq.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 500f576cd..ae2104229 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ really desperate (e.g. if you have no completed backup of that file and you'ld rather get a partial file extracted than nothing). You do **not** want to give that option under any normal circumstances. +Note that checkpoints inside files are created only since version 1.1, +make sure you have an up-to-date version of borgbackup if you want to continue instead of retransferring a huge file. +In some cases, there is only an outdated version shipped with your distribution (e.g. Debian). See :ref:`_installation` + How can I backup huge file(s) over a unstable connection? ---------------------------------------------------------