Thanks, Craig. Much appreciated. I'm trying to figure out if I can install Linux on this NAS instead of the Windows Embedded OS it came with, and just run BackupPC directly on it instead. Wish me luck!
Cheers, Troy On Dec 22, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Craig Barratt wrote: > Troy writes: > >> I've been using BackupPC for quite a while, and recently started >> running low on disk space. We've got a 2TB NAS device that I'd like >> to use as a destination for BackupPC's data. I've got it setup to >> mount on boot via CIFS in fstab, and I can read and write data to the >> NAS. But for some reason, when I copy the "pc" directory to the NAS, >> make a symbolic link in its place and restart BackupPC, backups fail >> very quickly (within 2 minutes). Unfortunately I'm not seeing any >> diagnostic output in the logs. I can't even access the logs, once the >> pc directory is on the NAS, BackupPC complains that it can't read >> them (through the browser). >> >> Has anyone gotten a similar system working? I'd love to use this 2TB >> array for storage. It's unfortunate that I have to use CIFS to mount >> it, it has an embedded Windows OS that only supports SMB, AFS and >> FTP. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > You need two things: > > - a file system that supports unix-style hardlinks. CIFS does not. > > - everything (not just the pc directory) stored on the same > file system. > > Craig > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
