I found out what my issue was. It was my brain. In the dvd-handler there are some var's you can set up top. The vars for the location of the dvd+rw-tool were incorrect. After fixing the error it started working like a charm. I hope this helps out for anyone else out there. Just Tripple check every path. And do not try to type or use root after taking a sleeping pill like I just did. Spell check is going nuts. Thanks to everyone that helped.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 16:31 To: Robert Dhaene; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Cannot use DVD for backup's, several errors. Help! > patch file. I am running Gentoo Linux Distribution. In my system log > file I am receiving some interesting errors: > > > > May 31 13:18:46 chdata1 Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > > May 31 13:18:47 chdata1 Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > > May 31 13:18:47 chdata1 Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > > May 31 13:18:48 chdata1 Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > > May 31 13:20:01 chdata1 cron[9758]: (root) CMD (test -x > /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-c$ > > May 31 13:20:18 chdata1 attempt to access beyond end of device > > May 31 13:20:18 chdata1 hdc: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 > > May 31 13:20:18 chdata1 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdc, > iso_blknum=16, block=16 > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 attempt to access beyond end of device > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 hdc: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdc, > iso_blknum=16, block=16 > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 attempt to access beyond end of device > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 hdc: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 > > May 31 13:20:19 chdata1 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdc, > iso_blknum=16, block=16 > > I believe these errors are normal with dvd writing on bacula as I recieve them too but dvd writing works for me.. > > My DVD Writer does support the media I am using, and it has been > formatted using dvd+rw-tools. I have also attempted to use DVD-R and > DVD+R with the same result. The exact requests I receive in Bacula are as follows: > > > Did you blank the disk with this command? I don't think just a format is enough. dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=512 | growisofs -Z /dev/xxx=/dev/fd/0 Also you can try canceling the job prune volume chdata1-0001 and then deleting the folder /tmp/backup/chdata1-0001 as you may be having problems with failed data. A couple of other things. I found to use dvd media bacula must autolabel the media because the label command does not work with dvds (at least it has never worked for me). I have had the most success with dvd+rw media. Also there is an append patch in this list (in last 60 days) that you may need to get bacula to write more data to the disk after the inital write. I reposted the patch along with a gentoo ebuild that applies the patch. John John _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
