Re: BackupPC restore problem

2012-11-15 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/14/2012 05:53 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 11/14/12 12:48, Gary Roach wrote: I got home from vacation, fired up the systems and one of the hard drives was trashed. Two days of recovery attempts didn't work so I reformatted and reinstalled the Debian Squeeze system. What do you mean by

Re: BackupPC restore problem

2012-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 17:53 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/14/12 12:48, Gary Roach wrote: > > I got home from vacation, fired up the systems and one of the hard > > drives was trashed. Two days of recovery attempts didn't work so I > > reformatted and reinstalled the Debian Squeeze system.

Re: BackupPC restore problem

2012-11-14 Thread David Christensen
On 11/14/12 12:48, Gary Roach wrote: I got home from vacation, fired up the systems and one of the hard drives was trashed. Two days of recovery attempts didn't work so I reformatted and reinstalled the Debian Squeeze system. What do you mean by "trashed"? Have you run any hardware diagnostic

Re: backuppc failed full backup of itself

2012-07-02 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2012/6/27 Keith McKenzie : > The system isn't backed up normally, as you would have installation > media to restore it; you would just backup configuration. Having said > that, if you do want to back it up, use a live media, not the running > system. > > (Usually it is only your data that is irrep

Re: backuppc failed full backup of itself

2012-06-27 Thread Keith McKenzie
The system isn't backed up normally, as you would have installation media to restore it; you would just backup configuration. Having said that, if you do want to back it up, use a live media, not the running system. (Usually it is only your data that is irreplaceable.) HTH -- Sent from FOSS (F

Re: backuppc a dog to get rid of now blocking updates

2011-11-24 Thread Harry Putnam
Brian writes: > On Wed 23 Nov 2011 at 05:15:40 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: >>syntax error: unknown user 'backuppc' in statoverride file >> >> Can the `stateoverride' file mentioned be edited? If so, where is it? >> >> Searches of /etc/ and /

Re: backuppc a dog to get rid of now blocking updates

2011-11-24 Thread Harry Putnam
Rob Owens writes: > You could try: > > aptitude reinstall backuppc > > and see if that gets you anywhere. Thanks, I did mention in OP that I could neither install nor remove. Surely there is someway to get rid of the pesky stuff. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: backuppc a dog to get rid of now blocking updates

2011-11-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Nov 2011 at 05:15:40 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: >syntax error: unknown user 'backuppc' in statoverride file > > Can the `stateoverride' file mentioned be edited? If so, where is it? > > Searches of /etc/ and /var/ come up dry. /var/l

Re: backuppc a dog to get rid of now blocking updates

2011-11-23 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 04:59:27AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I decided to try out backuppc and set it up for a trial... decided it > way more complicated and overdone for my needs and uninstalled it. > > Only it didn't really get uninstalled. I don't remember now all the > steps I took but do

Re: backuppc a dog to get rid of now blocking updates

2011-11-23 Thread Harry Putnam
>From atitude full-upgrade [...] dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown user 'backuppc' in statoverride file Can the `stateoverride' file mentioned be edited? If so, where is it? Searches of /etc/ and /var/ come up dry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: [BackupPC-users] Put pool on an nfs mounted Solaris zfs share

2011-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011, Harry Putnam wrote: > On debian many of the things that would be done by user during an > install from sources are done for you. I ended up with the main files > at /var/lib/backuppc. which contains a whole pile of some kind of data > files. I see them in places like cpool/

Re: [BackupPC-users] Put pool on an nfs mounted Solaris zfs share

2011-11-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > So if I put /var/lib/backuppc (and everything under it) on an nfs share > that resides on a solaris machine with zfs... it should work alright? Yes, perhaps with a bit of performance loss compared to local storage. -- Les Mikesell

Re: [BackupPC-users] Put pool on an nfs mounted Solaris zfs share

2011-11-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > I haven't finished the docs yet, maybe it tell what this stuff > is... but for purposes of this post I wondered if it would be wisest > to let the directories and files under /var/lib/backuppc also reside > on the nfs shared zfs filesystem.

Re: backupPC on sarge

2005-10-27 Thread Siju George
On 10/25/05, Piszcz, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks as if you need to copy your public key into the authorized_keys2 > file on the remote machine for user root. > Thankyou so much Justin :-) it worked! the ssh-copy-id comand creates a file called authorized_keys and not authorized_key

RE: backupPC on sarge

2005-10-25 Thread Piszcz, Justin
Looks as if you need to copy your public key into the authorized_keys2 file on the remote machine for user root. Justin. -Original Message- From: Siju George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:11 AM To: Debian User Subject: backupPC on sarge Hi all, I am trying

Re: [BackupPC-users] Separate subnet no pring

2005-07-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 09:00, Adam Dobrin wrote: > I'm having trouble using backuppc from a separate subnet. I have a VPN > connection from an offiste location to my network; and while the remote > machine *can* ping into the internal network, and perl's gethostbyname > functions fine; bpc is st

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-20 Thread Marty
Steve Lamb wrote:> I just did a search for "debian sata dvd burner". Here's the link: You're right. Apparently I didn't do enough testing, or the problem was temporary, and now seems to be limited to the sourceforge lists or at least backuppc-user, and google is vindicated for how. Sorry

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Steve Lamb
Marty wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: >>> No, it's just some recent change that google made. >> So you claim. And your proof is... what? > See my answer above. What you gave was not proof. It was supposition based on your observations on a *dynamic system*. IE, the same term used today is

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Marty
Steve Lamb wrote: Again, Google obscures nothing. Just because Google doesn't return the hits you're expecting doesn't mean they're obscured, either. Just means your search is not specific enough. No more, no less. Hardly anything insidious in that. I seem to recall previously getting go

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Steve Lamb
Marty wrote: > I wonder how SPI would respond to that statement. Would be interesting, wouldn't it. I mean you are talking about a collective of individuals who have decided that some software should be funded. Just because they say it is "in the public interest" doesn't mean the public want

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Marty
Steve Lamb wrote: Marty wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: The public has no interest. But google shareholders do? I hope that's not what you mean. Nope. Simply pointing out that "the public" is an entity which in and of itself has no interests. "The public" is a collection of individuals

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Steve Lamb
Marty wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: >> The public has no interest. > But google shareholders do? I hope that's not what you mean. Nope. Simply pointing out that "the public" is an entity which in and of itself has no interests. "The public" is a collection of individuals, each of whom hav

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 15:26, Marty wrote: > Maybe the most optimistic explanation would be just that google is > knucking under to the rampant copyright or lawsuit madness that's > plaguing the USA, but that still leaves a problem for technical > list users. I've moved some of my busier list subs

Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: OT: Archives nearly useless? (Google doing evil?)

2005-07-19 Thread Marty
Steve Lamb wrote: Marty wrote: I don't see what legitimate purpose it might serve, and I wonder if the posters' wishes or search engine users' interests, or even public interests, enter into consideration? I suppose not. The public has no interest. But google shareholders do? I hope th

Re: Backuppc

2004-09-21 Thread Sturla Holm Hansen
Stephen Patterson wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:40:11 +0200, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote: Anyone tried backuppc ( http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ) If so, here's my files: Fatal error (bad version): Host key verification failed. Sounds like ssh is being bitchy wrt to the identity key for each host.

Re: Backuppc

2004-09-16 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:40:11 +0200, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote: > Anyone tried backuppc ( http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ) > If so, here's my files: > Fatal error (bad version): Host key verification failed. Sounds like ssh is being bitchy wrt to the identity key for each host. Can you ssh login