move svn repository from Linux to Windows

Question

I have done alot of research on this and thought it would be a easy task, but guess I was wrong. I will outline everything I did to move the svn repository, but am not able to relocate, or checkout the directories.

Linux config =

svn in /home/services/svn/asr
checkout would be svn://"server name"/asr
performed svnadmin dump /home/services/svn/asr > asr.dump

Everything here worked fine, and I moved the 25GB dump to the Windows server

Windows config =

created a new repository (svnadmin create c:\svn\asr)
performed svnadmin load c:\svn\asr < asr.dump
everything loaded fine to revision 538 (which is head revision)
created a service to run svnserve.exe with --root c:\svn\asr
added my passwd, authz, and setup everything

When attempting to relocate I get a error about not being the root of the repository. I am using svn://"server name"/asr

If I create a new folder and perform a checkout from svn"//"server name"/asr I get a error stating:

You get an error stating what? I'm waiting with bated breath. BTW, did you use a tool to do the dump and load, or did you do it manually? It's sort of hard figuring it out from the format of your question. — David W.

the_mandrill the_mandrill · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15T20:56:11

I suspect that the problem could be with the configuration of the service rather than the integrity of the repository.

The first thing to try is whether you can do svnlook operations from a command prompt on the server, eg svnlook log c:\svn\asr . If that's fine then it suggests the repository is ok. The setup of svnserve with the root of c:\svn\asr looks ok at first glance, but you could try running the service in the foreground, which may give you more information:

runas /user:whatever_your_svn_service_user_is_called cmd
(opens a new command window running as the SVN service user)
svnserve -X --foreground --root c:\svn\asr

and now try doing a checkout again.

move svn repository from Linux to Windows

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