Hi, On 6/27/2006 7:53 PM, Nicole King wrote: > > Dear All, > > I hope that someone can shed some light on this. > > I'm writing my backups to DVD+RW. All seems to work very well with a > virgin, never-before-written DVD. In testing the DVD using dvd-handler > script, I can see that the status of the DVD is blank. However, if I use > a DVD+RW that has been previously written and blanked according to the > instructions at > http://bacula.org/rel-manual/DVD_Volumes.html#SECTION000263000000000000000, > the DVD+RW is now no longer reported as blank. dvd+rw-mediainfo reports > such as "Disc Status: complete". However, dvd-handler is expecting > "blank" to identify an empty DVD+RW. As suggested in the manual, > I've tried to mount the DVD using the linux mount command which fails > because there is no file system on it.
Have you tried to use the dvd-handler script with the command "prepare"? I'm not absolutely sure that this does anything helpful for you, but I do know that it wasn't easy to find the solution for the problem you see when I tried DVD-writing... if it doesn't work, try dvd+rw-format (or whatever it's called) and its options (and report what you found). Arno > I should therefore expect that > bacula could use it. However, it seems that bacula regards the DVD as > not empty, tries to mount it and fails. > > In summary: a never-before-used DVD+RW works as expected. A DVD+RW that > has been used before, but blanked according to the instructions in the > manual does not have a file system, but bacula does not regard it as > blank. As a consequence, bacula tries to mount it and fails because > there is no file system. Seems like a catch-22 to me. > > Has anyone seen this behaviour before (I suspect it's due to a quirk in > my DVD writer) and did you find any solution? > > Best regards > > Nicole > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
