If you don't have any choice in the NAS (ie. you can't reformat it, take it apart, etc), then you could create one huge file on it, create an ext3 (or reiserfs, or xfs, or zfs) filesystem on it, and loopback mount it. Or maybe the NAS has the capability to share out space via iSCSI?
Paul 7:53pm, Greg Smith wrote: > In reading my previous message (below) I realize I didn't provide much > information about what I'm trying to do. > > I have an NAS (that doesn't support hard links) mounted on /var/lib/backuppc. > Here's the /etc/fstab entry: > > //nas/backup /var/lib/backuppc cifs \ > credentials=/var/lib/backuppc/.smbpasswd,uid=backuppc,gid=backups 0 0 > > since backuppc uses hard links in pool, cpool, etc., this gives thousands of > MakeFileLink errors. I'm using tar as the transport mechanism. > > I'm not able to think of a way of using this device (which has lots of space) > and backuppc and would appreciate any suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Greg > > > Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:04:57 -0800 > (PST) > From: Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC on file systems that don't support hard > links? > > I've been reading the archives and searching the web all day and haven't been > able to find an answer to this so I apologize in advance if it's something I > should have been able to figure out. > > Is there a way to configure or use backuppc with a file system that DOES NOT > support hard links? The file system in question (a NAS) has gobs of space > (3TB) so space is not an issue but I've confirmed multiple times that it > doesn't support hard links via either cifs or samba. I've also verified that > the OS I'm running (linux/ubuntu) does correctly create hard links on a > windows XP file system via samba. > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > > Greg > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search.------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/_______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. --------------------------------------- -- In 1555, Nostradamus wrote: -- -- Come the millennium, month 12, -- -- In the home of greatest power, -- -- The village idiot will come forth -- -- To be acclaimed the leader. -- --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
