On Monday 21 June 2004 03:21 pm, Ryan Nielsen wrote: > I would like to use a couple of 250GB Western Digitals to backup > data. I set up a Debian machine (I have 4 others for other purposes), > to use as a backup server. I am having difficulties with the drives. > I tried two Maxtors previous and have swapped them out thinking it > was a bad set of drives. I get various different errors copying > files to these hard drives. I have tried different partitioning > schemes, rsync instead of cp, and a few other methods, but I still > get some form of error when I get into the process of copying. > > My only success has been with Knoppix. I used Knoppix and was able > to copy and rsync just fine to these disks. I would like to use > Debian, and not have to install another version of Debian or Linux. > > What I am getting at is, is there any problem with having a big > partition or HD on a Debian system, or anything else someone might > know? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Ryan
I use a 250gb Maxtor (one partition, xfs fs) on a Debian Testing box as storage with no problems. You might post the errors to see if anyone can help. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
