On Saturday 07 April 2007 20:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I've been reading the support documentation for bacula with regard to > backing up to DVD media. > ( http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/System_Requirements.html ) > > In the "System Requirements" section, the last bullet point says : > > If you want to use DVD as backup medium, you will need to download the > dvd+rw-tools 5.21.4.10.8, apply the patch to make these tools compatible > with Bacula, then compile and install them. Do not use the dvd+rw-tools > provided by your distribution, they will not work with Bacula. > > My questions are: > > 1. There is a specific version of the dvd+rw-tools software listed > here. Does this mean that this spefific version, and only this version; > is required for bacula to be able to do backups to DVD? I run Gentoo > Linux on the system I want to run bacula on, and it lists the current > version of the dvd+rw-tools package as version 7.0. Do I need to > un-install version 7.0 of the dvd+rw-tools package and go get version > 5.21.4.10.8 in order for bacula to function? > > 2. In this same paragraph, the word "patch" is a hyperlink to: > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/bacula/bacula/patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch > > However, this link is broken. If this patch is still required, where is > the correct place to get it?
See the patches directory in the source code. There is a patch for a later version. It is possible that version 7 has the patch integrated, but you will need to check that. I don't recommend using DVDs for any serious backup. The Bacula 2.0.x DVD backup seems to work, but I consider the code BETA, and even if it were production, I wouldn't put my data on DVD (CDROM perhaps, but not DVD). > > -- > -Monte > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
