It is not generally recommended to change the $TopDIR logical but on Debian it is not really even doable. Debian and Ubuntu have $TopDIR hardcoded to /var/lib/backuppc, just mount your target their either by directly mounting it or using bind.
mount -o bind /target /var/lib/backuppc fstab /target /var/lib/backuppc bind 0 0 Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > Masta Yogi wrote: > > >> I installed BackupPC 3.1.0 on a Debian Etch machine and then moved >> the Topdir to a directory in /mnt/... >> >> Now, if I do backups, I get these errors such as: >> >> 2008-03-27 09:14:21 BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling >> MakeFileLink(/mnt/backup/medium1/pc/schlepptop.test/0 >> /f%2fhome%2fsven/f.Tribler/fbsddb/attrib, >> 89acbd9cfc3dc5c21977ee0dcca44e08, 1) >> >> How does this error affect my backups ? Is it a serious error ? How >> can I fix it ? >> > > It is not recommended to change the value of TopDir. Either mount your > backup partition at the location used by the package (/var/lib/ > backuppc in case of Debian I believe) or use a symlink or bind mount. > And what filesystem do you use for your backups? It needs to support > hardlinks or BackupPC won't be able to do its business. > > Nils Breunese. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
