[HLUG] SATA drive question

[Morven Lewis-Everley]

Ah, I want aware of a filesize limit. The issue I have with NTFS is that if
you dont disconnect it from a Windows machine properly then you cant open it
in Linux without accessing it as root from the terminal. Which is a bit of a
pain, as getting windows to unmount drives properly seems near impossible!

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Paul Stenning <paul at vintage-radio.com>wrote:

> I'm using Simple Backup with a pair of 500GB USB drives (swapped over
> each week with one kept off-site) formatted to NTFS, with Ubuntu 8.04.
> It works fine, and I can also plug the drive into a windows PC and open
> the backup files with Winzip as they are .tar.gz files.
>
> The trouble with FAT32 is that the maximum filesize is 4GB and my full
> backup files are much bigger than that.  I don't know whether Simple
> Backup would create multiple 4GB files or just fail.  Ubuntu 8.04 seems
> to have no problems reading and writing NTFS partitions which don't have
> that filesize limit.
>
> When I swap the drives I delete the backup files from the one I am
> putting on (which is the older one), which forces it to do a full backup
> first, then it carries on with incrementals.
>
> The only thing I haven't done yet is a test restore because I don't have
> another Ubuntu PC with a big enough hard disk currently.
>
> Paul.
>
>
> Morven Lewis-Everley wrote:
> > I already do exactly what you are planning, and I would recommend FAT32.
> >
> > If you are using ubuntu, search the add/remove for an app called "simple
> > backup" (i think), which can schedual backups or perform then at the
> click
> > of a button, it also does incremental backups
> >
> > Mo
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com <
> > dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> i think best to have it as FAT32
> >> which all operating systems can read and write to...
> >>
> >> should be easy to drag folders onto it,
> >> and to have lots of folders,
> >>
> >> cheap and enough room to back up everything
> >> even the weird unix folders which you dont understand
> >> cos there might be a setting hidden away somewhere
> >> and you'll only know when youve lost it and you need it..
> >>
> >> and room for loads of photos, cds, xp stuff...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                   [george]
> >>
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> >>
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> >> From: <grhmc at lavabit.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:28 PM
> >> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <
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> >> Subject: [HLUG] SATA drive question
> >>
> >>> Taking George's advice on backing up wholesale to an external hard
> disk,
> >>> my first step has been the purchase of a disk. It's got SATA drive so I
> >>> need to know:
> >>>
> >>> 1 Will it be easy from linux to do a backup of my complete home file to
> >>> this external disk
> >>>
> >>> 2 Could I also put other files on to the disk from a completely
> different
> >>> system, eg a digital camera or an XP system.
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >>> Graham
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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