Re: Verbatim 1TB external HDD
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:49:05 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> I have been asked to set this HDD up as a backup device on a Lenny
> system. It will primarily be used for photographs and personal files.
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive/dp/
B0017422EA
>
> It is currently formatted "To" and FAT32.
>
> What would people recommend in this situation? Reformat or use FAT32?
> And if reformat, to what? I think that his slightly aged computer would
> probably blow a gasket if asked to use ext4, so am wondering about ext3.
ext3 would be my choice.
Fat32 will limit you at 4 GiB/file size and ext4 is still very new for my
taste :-)
> As of now, I am intending to clone (dd? Clonezilla?) the internal HDD
> onto it and then show the user how to copy and paste new files onto it
> as he goes along, with me syncing the whole thing periodically. Since I
> will not be there most of the time, this strikes me as simple and
> workable. But anacron may also be a possibility.
Rsync would be another option to take into account for automated backups.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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