000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000Holger Parplies wrote: > what exactly did you do? Mount the partition somewhere? Symlink something? > Feisty Fawn would not recognize the drive, but I "apt-get upgrade"-d to Gutsy which does. The whole drive is one partition. Under Places | Computer the drive shows up as "149.0 GB Volume: Backup". If I unmount it, it appears as "149.0 GB Volume". To access it through the command line, I find it as /media/Backup.
I don't know what "symlink" refers to, so if it was done, it was not intentional. :-) >> ... >> 'tune2fs -j'. See the man page. You probably have to unmount the file system >> (though I'm not positive about that), which may be difficult for / or /usr >> or /var. You can mount an ext3 FS as ext2 if you need to use a non-ext3-aware >> kernel at some point for some reason, if that is what you're worried about. >> You should just make sure the FS was cleanly unmounted after last being >> mounted (as ext3). >> I read some of the tune2fs man pages. I don't see how to run tune2fs on just the Backup drive, and I am not convinced that this is worth doing. >>> 3. What alternative solutions are there? (E.g., moving /var/lib/Backuppc >>> to the external drive? How?) >>> > Well, the whole of /var/lib/Backuppc needs to be on *one* file system. Most > simple solution: mount your destination partition on /var/lib/Backuppc > *before* installing BackupPC. If the backups you have done so far aren't > important, I suggest you start over, because you probably won't be able to > clean up the effects of the link failures, i.e. pooling won't work for the > backup(s) you have done so far. The data should probably be ok, but it will > consume more space than it should until these backups expire. No future > backup would re-use any of the files stored so far. > > If you are going to start over, it will probably suffice to stop the daemon, > make /var/lib/Backuppc an empty directory on the SATA drive, owned by the > backuppc user (or whatever user the daemon is running as), and then restart > the daemon. It should re-create any directories it needs. > > If you want to keep the backups you've done so far, you'll need to copy > things or move them around on the SATA disk, depending on where they are > now. If you can't figure out what you need to do, you'll need to describe in > more detail what your situation is now. > > Regards, > Holger > > -------- Thank you very much for the information, Holger. No problem starting over with a clean external drive. In fact, I don't mind fully uninstalling BackupPC and reinstalling it again. I have a couple of (probably dumb) questions. 1. Do you mean that there will be two folder trees called /var/lib/backuppc, one on the external drive and the other on the Filesystem drive? There is a lot of other stuff in /var/lib on the Filesystem drive. 2. If so, then do we need the full path (/var/lib/backuppc) on the external drive or can we shorten this to /backuppc or /lib/backuppc on that drive? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
