One thing you can do is to set up a new partition table. Doing that does not erase. Formatting does overwrite data. But, I would practice with a thumb driver.
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 7:22 PM Kent Borg <kentb...@borg.org> wrote: > On 5/15/24 15:44, John Abreau wrote: > > my other disks were close > > to full when I purchased the 18TB disk. To back it up, I'd need to > purchase > > yet another disk > > Indeed. > > I once heard as a metaphor* that a circus needs at least two elephants, > because if one dies, it will require the second elephant haul away the > first one. You have only one elephant. > > > I'm so old that 18TB seems big to me. That's so much data that backing > it up by ANY means is very non-trivial. Even if the disk could spit data > at the maximum "super speed" of USB 3.0, isn't that still something like > 10-hours just to fit so much data through the wire? > > > -kb, the Kent who points out that circuses seem to be giving up on > elephants. > > > * It wasn't about disks when I first heard it, it was used to illustrate > a truth of nuclear power plants. They also come in large increments. And > are (almost?) always built in sets of two, or more. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@driftwood.blu.org > https://driftwood.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@driftwood.blu.org https://driftwood.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
