" I could have bought a hard disk with much more capacity then the discs provide, but..."
it´s great to have backups "forever" - if some of my costumer ask for a file from one or two years ago, i can say - ok, let me have a look, maybe it is possible. Michael Am 29.11.2008 um 19:12 schrieb Jari Fredriksson: >>> For patches. Tell me about the plan, if you know it. >>> >>> When recycling a DVD media Bacula writes a 0 bytes >>> length label file, and documents that it is how it >>> should be. When mounting a DVD media Bacula tries to >>> read the label file, and complains if it is 0 bytes and >>> has no data. >>> >> >> Is that the only problem? > > No it is not. Its the bug #0001186, the main problem is bug #0001184 > >> >> I can think of a workaround for that. I mean delete the >> recycled media >> from bacula. Then blank the media and use it as new media. >> >> John > > It was mentioned as an example how hard it is to write patches. I > have worked on the main problem, but did nothing to the mentioned > problem as a patch, as there must be a plan. > > There must be a reason a developer has decided to write a zero- > length file when recycling. What is that reason? The mount function > does not appreciate that, but should I patch that then? Which way I > go? Indeed that one is not that hard, but its not the case I was > working with. > > The bastard is #0001184, why does it not update the last Part to the > Catalog? As I do not work (either) full time with bacula, that > remains a mystery to me. > > #0001184 says 2.4.x does not update the last part to catalog. > > 2.2.8 has totally different problems, and I have not currently > anything to say publicly about it (I removed it from disk). > > I'm currently downloading everything with svn and will see what > happens. > > I understand that DVD backup is not important to corporations. But > it is a feature in Bacula, and I went that route as my DDS-drive > died I wanted a new solution without a Lottery win. DVD+RW media is > not very cheap, I could have bought a hard disk with much more > capacity then the discs provide, but... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users