well i was upgrading to the 2.1 firmware. so i created a standard
backup. then instead of creating an individual backup, i copied the
standard backup files into an archive file to save time so i wouldn't
have to wait to do another backup. this created some unforeseen error
and when i tried to restore from the archive it wouldn't let me.
in any event, i just decided to start from scratch, did a fresh
restore and reinstalled all my cydia apps. i backed up everything
according to the readme so hopefully it should work fine for the
future.
thanks.
-akume