Thank you for your detailed support!
I will try this and report back tomorrow.
Best regards,
Johan
2007/12/10, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> if all else fails, use a file and mount it with 'loop'
>
> you will get around all of the nfs issues except speed.
>
> you would mount the nas by nfs, create a sparse file
>
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/nfsmountpoint/filename bs=1M count='how many mb you
> > want'
> >
>
> now make a filesystem on it
> mkfs/ext3 /nfsmountpoint/filename
>
> agree to the warning that it is not a block device
>
> now mount it
> mount -o loop /nfsmountpoint/filename /target
>
> df -h and see your new drive!
>
> alternatively, you could create a sparse file to mount but you would risk
> an overflow..
>
> better would be to create a file that is the right size today and expand
> it later. if you use ext3 you have create a 1Gb file, then when you need
> more space you can create a new file from the original file like so
>
> dd if=/path/to/original/file of=/newfile bs=1M count=newsize
> then
> fsck.ext3 /newfile
>
> then you have a new file with the old files contents ready to use.
>
> you can also use the linux software raid on files to create mirrors. even
> on two seperate nfs servers, though performance will suck.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2007 11:07 AM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Johan Ekh wrote:
> > > Thanks for your answer.
> > > However, I try to install backuppc as root but it is still not
> > possible
> > > to "chown".
> > > I can access the mounted disk as "root" or as any user. But not
> > "chown".
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Can you point me in the right direction regarding the "no_root_squash"
> > > option?
> > > Is it used with the "mount" command?
> >
> > No, it is a server side option. Typically root (uid=0) from a client is
> >
> > mapped to 'nobody' on the server file system. If the server is linux,
> > you need an /etc/exports line like:
> > /path/exported
> > 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,async)<http://192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0%28rw,no_root_squash,async%29>
> > ^^^ network range
> >
> > Other NFS servers may have a different syntax.
> >
> > --
> > Les Mikesell
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
>
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