Re: Sys. Backup using a firewire Lacie 24x CD burner
On 3 Oct 2002, Adam wrote:
> I have been backing up my systems just by hand using tar. I have
> found cd backup but I am using a firewire CD burner. I have not got
> any thing running with fire wire yet. I have FW compiled into my
> kernel but don't know how to access any thing. I have not been able
> to get a pocket FW hard drive to show up.
Hey Adam,
I just got this working a few weeks ago. I haven't used it very often,
so I have not come across any of the problems people who used firewire
more often and more heavily are likely to come across. But I can tell
you what I did and see if it is of any help ...
I built all the firewire kernel code as modules. When I used modprobe
or insmod, they are loaded into the kernel. If a firewire hard drive
is attached before I load the modules, it shows up as /dev/sdc (I do
have "real" drives that correspond to /dev/sda and /dev/sdb). But sdc
isn't mounted anywhere on the filesystem when the modules are loaded.
I had to do that manually. And after that, I was able to use the 1394
drive just as I would another partitioned drive on my filesystem.
To be able to remove the drive, you would first have to unmount it from
your filesystem, then remove all of the 1394 modules with rmmod. After
that, you should be able to unplug your drive from the firewire port.
I've done this a few times, and since I have my 1394 drive formatted as
a FAT filesystem, I can plug it into my OS X machine and have it
recognized. I am able to access the data on it, and everything _SEEMS_
to work. I now have the 1394 modules load at boot time (using modconf)
so if my portable drive is connected at boot time, I should be able to
mount it when I log in.
That's the grand sum of my experiences with 1394 on PPC Woody. I hope
this helps.
cheers
vinai
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