Eric Doutreleau wrote:
> 
> 
> i cannot backup / partition with dump on my FC3 machine.
> 
> 
> I'm using 
> amanda-2.4.4p3-1 on both server and client
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> i have configured my amanda server to backup a / partition on my FC3
> computer. I use the mountpoint / in my disklist file
>   
> i got the following report
> sonde      / lev 0 FAILED [disk /, all estimate failed]
> 
> 
> here is some information from the sendize file on the client.
> sendsize[23903]: time 0.021: calculating for amname '/', dirname '/',
> spindle 1
> sendsize[23903]: time 0.021: getting size via dump for / level 0
> sendsize[23903]: time 0.021: calculating for device '/dev/root' with
> 'ext3'
> sendsize[23903]: time 0.021: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576
> - /dev/root"
>  
> the /dev/sdb2 is mounted on / partition
> but instead of using /dev/sdb2 it uses /dev/root for backup
> here is the right of the two devices
> 
> brw-------  1 root root 8, 18 avr  1 16:48 /dev/root
> brw-rw----  1 root disk 8, 18 avr  1 16:48 /dev/sdb2

Did you ever get a solution to this problem?  I've done a chgrp disk
and chmod g+r on /dev/root but that only helps until the next reboot.
The other partitions are fine.
Client is 2.4.5 and server is 2.4.4p1
Client OS is CentOS 4.2
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