Did you checkout over file:/// ?
Andy Levy wrote on Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 14:04:23 -0400: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 13:24, Gingko <from_tig...@nospam.homelinux.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to move a Subversion repository from one server (running Windows > > XP Professional SP3) to another (running Linux Debian 5 Lenny) > > > > The first server (on Windows) actually has Subversion installed through a > > VisualSVN GUI interface. > > The second server has Subversion version 1.5.1 installed from Debian packet > > (as it is the latest stable version provided by Debian). > > > > I first tried to just copy the directory from the first computer to the > > second one, and check if it works. > > But unfortunately, when trying to checkout the repository content, I got the > > following error message : > > > > "Format de stockage attendu entre '1' et '3' ; format trouvé '4'" > > > > (so in English, something like "Expected storage format between '1' and '3', > > found format '4'") > > > > Seeing that, I completely deleted the repository that I just copied, and I > > tried again, creating a new empty repository and moving using "svnadmin > > dump" on the first computer, and "svnadmin load" on the second one. > > > > But, more surprisingly, when trying to checkout, I still get this very same > > error message .... !!!??? > > > > So I ask the question : > > How can I move repositories between computers running different OS, > > different versions of Subversion and different repository formats ? > > This is precisely what svnadmin dump/load is designed to address. So, > step by step, how exactly did you do this? And are you certain that > you have only one version of all the Subversion libraries installed on > your Debian server?
