Not directly related to your question, but if you want to forego the mucking around with mounting and unmounting, consider using autofs. I use the following configuration under Amanda (and have tested Bacula under the same) at a client who uses 4 USB hdd's:
/etc/auto.master: /vol /etc/auto.vol --timeout=3 /etc/auto.vol: backup -fstype=auto,rw,sync :/dev/sda1 as soon as /vol/backup is accessed, the drive is mounted, and then it is umounted 3 seconds after the last access, leaving a very short window for someone to remove the drive whilst it is mounted (unless someone has a lock on a file or directory there when someone removes it of course). The volume re-use problems should all be solvable with the appropriate options in your config files. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
