Hi Jeff!
Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote:
> This is my first real attempt to install Bacula. The basic tests work,
> it seems happy with MySQL (I was already using MySQL for another
> project else I'd have used PostgreSQL) and so on.
>
> But it can't seem to mount, label, or otherwise access my blank DVD-RW.
> I was able to format it externally. Here are some of my notes:
> *label
> The defined Storage resources are:
> 1: File
> 2: DVD
> Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
> Enter new Volume name: DVDTest001
> Automatically selected Pool: Default
> Connecting to Storage daemon DVD at 192.168.10.12:9103 ...
> Sending label command for Volume "DVDTest001" Slot 0 ...
> 3999 Device "DVD Writer" not found or could not be opened.
> Label command failed for Volume DVDTest001.
> Do not forget to mount the drive!!!
> *mount
> The defined Storage resources are:
> 1: File
> 2: DVD
> Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
> 3999 Device "DVD Writer" not found or could not be opened.
This is a key error message, both times that it occurs above.
> I don't know. It's almost like it's trying to mount the disc and,
> failing, assumes it can't access the disc. If it fails it should assume
> that it's a non-formatted disc, shouldn't it? Can you mount a blank
> disc under Linux?
No, you can't. Remember that you mount filesystems, not devices. You
cannot mount (from the shell) a blank disk that doesn't have a
filesystem on it, because there's no filesystem to mount.
> #
> # A DVD device
> #
> Device {
> Name = "DVD-Writer"
And this is why that's a key error message above. Look carefully at
this line and the error again, and you'll spot the problem.
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