Hey Nils, thank you for your answer. I will change the mountpoint as soon as the currently running backup finishes and see if these error messages show up again. I'm using a ext3 file system on this external usb drive.
Yogi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling > MakeFileLink > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:53:04 +0100 > > > Masta Yogi wrote: > > > I installed BackupPC 3.1.0 on a Debian Etch machine and then > > moved the Topdir to a directory in /mnt/... > > > > Now, if I do backups, I get these errors such as: > > > > 2008-03-27 09:14:21 BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling > > MakeFileLink(/mnt/backup/medium1/pc/schlepptop.test/0 > > /f%2fhome%2fsven/f.Tribler/fbsddb/attrib, > > 89acbd9cfc3dc5c21977ee0dcca44e08, 1) > > > > How does this error affect my backups ? Is it a serious error ? > > How can I fix it ? > > It is not recommended to change the value of TopDir. Either mount your > backup partition at the location used by the package (/var/lib/ > backuppc in case of Debian I believe) or use a symlink or bind mount. > And what filesystem do you use for your backups? It needs to support > hardlinks or BackupPC won't be able to do its business. > > Nils Breunese. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > = Independent Security Consultants We are an independent security consultant and engineering firm. We can provide independent security evaluations and have the capabilities to offer complete system design. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=a53f9d499c175b7c360431ff2d36533f -- Powered by Outblaze ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
