tronik
  
 
 
  
 
 
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Posted: Feb. 18 2005,06:17 | 
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Roberts i think didn't see your sda1..and only saw /cdrom
  Uh...I have the same problem sunburnt..I've determined its a race condition, and I thought i was the ONLY one who had it as i've been unable to find anyone else to repeat the condition..
  The file you're looking for is not /.backup_device but /opt/.backup_device
  A race condition because I can manually do backup (as root, from a terminal - open terminal type 'sudo su ; filetool.sh backup' ) and it works flawlessly everytime...its crappy because my auto-backup doesn't work all of the time (pipe doesn't break all the time, so it works occasionally, a race condition for me because its RANDOM and can only be a race condition if it works the rest of the time.
  anyway, like i've said, i think its a race condition...i got tired of it, so i started backing up to my usb drive manually everytime...just got pissed that no one knew anything about it or had the same problem ;p and thats the easiest way to avoid it...but um...here are some suggestions...
  i'm not at my console right now, but if there is a 'sleep' or 'wait' or a timer type command, put the backup script on a timer, or, write a shellscript to do it for you...that way it will isolate the backup routine (while its not trying to shut down everything else, etc) and will hopefully terminate race conditions. 
  i hope this helps, please tell me what happens. ;) 
  -------------- -william atlanta, GA, USA
  DSL 1.0+2.4.27/sata : P4 2.4norwood : 512ddr2 : nvgf4ti4200-64 : 128mbLexar Jumpdrive Elite
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