Les Mikesell a écrit : > olafkewl wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm using backuppc as a package distributed by the Debian distro. The >> version I use was delivered by Etch so that it's been upgraded when I >> upgraded to Lenny. >> >> Here's my conf : >> 2 external disks are plugged on this box through ESATA connection => >> /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc >> There is only one partition on each of these discs => /dev/sdb1 and >> /dev/sdc1 (both ext3) >> >> Everything was going well, backing up of Unix and MS machines worked >> well since I upgraded the distro (I know...) >> > > You should probably read this: > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/change+archive+directory > > >> Now, each time a backup is trying to start for a host, i get this error >> message on the logfile : >> >> "2009-03-16 17:31:25 Can't create a test hardlink between a file in >> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/linuxsrv1 and /var/lib/backuppc/cpool. Either >> these are different file systems, or this file system doesn't support >> hardlinks, or these directories don't exist, or there is a permissions >> problem, or the file system is out of inodes or full. Use df, df -i, >> and ls -ld to check each of these possibilities. Quitting..." >> >> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/linuxsrv1 is dynamically linked to /mnt/sdb1/linuxsrv1 >> > > Earlier versions didn't check at startup and would just fail to pool > anything. Your old logs were probably full of "can't link" messages. > >
Nope, it worked perfectly before and logs were clean >> The FS is not full at all (50% free). I tried to manually hardlink from >> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/linuxsrv1 to /var/lib/backuppc/cpool, it works. >> > > What command did you use? It _should_ fail if these are on different > filesystems. > > a simple 'ln' (without -s) source destination >> All >> the files are owned by the 'backuppc' user, then no permissions problem. >> > > >> I've only been able to run a backup for a host which is not attached to >> a ESATA disc (that's to say no symlinked in /var/lib/backuppc/pc/) >> >> I don't really know what to do... >> > > The whole archive needs to be on the same filesystem. If you use a > separate disk/partition it needs to be mounted or symlinked at the > /var/lib/backuppc level. > OK, thanks for the answer, I'll try that ASAP and I'll give news. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ 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/
