>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:23:21 -0600, brconflict  said:
> 
> Yeah, I subscribed and attempted to email the list there. I think my timing
> was bad. Ok, so one thing I'll try is to Install the base system, then
> bacula-fd, restore the system, then attempt to reset the root passwd while
> I'm SSH'd to the system before getting kicked out. Will see what that does.
> But for the static-bacula-fd compiled with GZIP, I'd like to see if I can
> fix that so I know bare-metal would be an option.

Have you checked if a bacula-fd built with --disable-libtool (but not the
--enable-static... options) will run in the bare-metal recovery shell?  That
would be much simpler than trying to link everything statically.

__Martin


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Novosielski, Ryan <novosirj AT umdnj DOT 
> edu>wrote:
> 
> > Not sure. Hopefully someone else can answer. I've got to assume this is
> > possible.
> >
> > BTW, it is generally bad list etiquette to respond to replies off list.
> > Always address the mailing list.
> >
> >
> >
> >  *From*: brconflict [mailto:brconflict AT gmail DOT com]
> > *Sent*: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 09:51 AM
> > *To*: Novosielski, Ryan
> > *Subject*: Re: [Bacula-users] GZIP not supported on this Client
> >
> > Ryan, Thanks! That's what I uncovered as well. I'm sure this is a simple
> > thing I'm missing. Unfortunately, we use GZIP for backups from even before
> > I started doing this.
> >
> > I compiled as:
> >
> > *./configure    --prefix=/usr \*
> >
> > * --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc/bacula \*
> >
> > * --with-scriptdir=/etc/bacula --enable-smartalloc \*
> >
> > * --enable-client-only –enable-static-client-only --enable- *
> >
> > * static-fd --disable-libtool*
> >
> > *make*
> >
> > Then I grabbed the ~/src/filed/static-bacula-fd and a valid bacula-fd.conf
> > and copied them to a USB stick. I'm just not sure how to tell if the
> > static-bacula-fd daemon was compiled with GZIP. Is there a way to tell? Or,
> > is there a way I can specify where libz.so files are located when starting
> > the static-bacula-fd daemon?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Brian
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Novosielski, Ryan <novosirj AT umdnj DOT 
> > edu>wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds to me like the client was built without the GZIP library or
> >> something like that. That's unfortunate, but my guess is the solution is to
> >> create/restore a backup that isn't GZIP compressed or to build a new client
> >> that includes support.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  *From*: brconflict [mailto:brconflict AT gmail DOT com]
> >> *Sent*: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 09:33 AM
> >> *To*: Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net <
> >> Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> >> *Subject*: [Bacula-users] GZIP not supported on this Client
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>    I'm not 100% my last request made the list, or if there were simply no
> >> known answers or others who experienced this, so my apologies for the
> >> latter two.
> >>
> >> I'm trying a bare-metal recovery of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Bacula
> >> (static-bacula-fd) using the method described in the Bacula documentation,
> >> but I'm seeing an error: "Warning: GZIP is not supported on this client."
> >> Bacula Console states the restore was successful, but no files show up on
> >> the target system.
> >>
> >> Is there a proper way to boot the system from Rescue Broken System mode,
> >> start the static Bacula daemon, and recover the system that wasn't show in
> >> the docs?
> >>
> >> I've also tried installing the base OS, then Bacula-fd, then restore full
> >> system, but if I do that even root can no longer log into the system
> >> (corrupted pam.d?).
> >>
> >> Has anyone run into this and know what I'm missing? I know there's a
> >> right way, or Bacula wouldn't be so successful.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!!
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> P.S. I can email more info on my Procedure, I just wanted to see if
> >> everyone gets this question in the Inbox first.  :)
> >>
> >>
> >
> 

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