Hi Jan, Thanks for the bug report. Sorry that you're seeing problems writing the disk... I haven't heard of that happening before. I will look at these enhancements when I find a little time.
Would you be willing to submit this bug at SourceForge? That's usually where I track bug reports that are not specific to Debian. If not, i.e. if you don't have a SF login, that's fine... I can do it myself. It's better for you to own the bug, since it's your request. Thanks, KEN On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Jan Medlock <medlock-deb...@turboshower.net>wrote: > Package: cedar-backup2 > Version: 2.19.4-2 > Severity: wishlist > > > First, thanks for writing and maintaining cedar-backup2. I have found > it very useful for regular backups. > > I use cback-span regularly and often have failures in either starting > writing the disk or in mounting the disk for the consistency check. > In both cases, I believe the failure is just due to the drive not > settling quickly enough. These failures necessitate restarting the > whole process and burning a whole new set of disks, which can be > wasteful of both time and DVD+R's if I'm on one of the last disks of a > big backup. > > I request new features to catch these failures and allow retrying of > the events. In particular, > > 1. If the writing fails (for any reason, not just failure to start > writing), the option of restarting the write should be given. > (This would allow the user to insert a new medium, if necessary.) > > 2. If the consistency check fails (again, for any reason), allow the > user to either, > A. Re-run the consistency check, or > B. Re-write the disk (again, possibly with a new medium). > > Thanks again, > Jan Medlock > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages cedar-backup2 depends on: > ii python 2.5.4-5 An interactive high-level > object-o > ii python-support 1.0.6 automated rebuilding support > for P > > Versions of packages cedar-backup2 recommends: > pn cdrecord <none> (no description available) > ii cedar-backup2-d 2.19.4-2 local and remote backups to CD > or > ii dvd+rw-tools 7.1-6 DVD+-RW/R tools > ii eject 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-7 ejects CDs and operates > CD-Changer > pn mkisofs <none> (no description available) > pn ssh <none> (no description available) > > Versions of packages cedar-backup2 suggests: > ii gnupg 1.4.10-2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP > rep > pn grepmail <none> (no description available) > ii mysql-client-5.1 [mysql-clien 5.1.41-3 MySQL database client binaries > pn postgresql-client <none> (no description available) > pn subversion <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > > -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <prono...@ieee.org> http://www.cedar-solutions.com/
