On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Paul Mullen wrote:
The problem might not be with the hard drive. USB enclosures have a mixed
reliabilty record, in my experience. Do you have another enclosure you can
use to test the drive, or a SATA-to-USB cable?
Hi Paul,
I may have such a cable; it's likely that I do.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 06:43:25AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Today's logs reported that dirvish could not find the config files on the
> external USB backup drive. Trying to mount it, root cannot find it:
> # mount /mnt/backup
> mount: can't find UUID=6e95864b-6291-4148-acd3-627542c8318f
>
> Is
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote:
Some computers and external drive bays have RAID capability built into
their BIOS, commonly referred to as 'hardware RAID.' The alternative,
'software RAID,' is accomplished with mdadm at the command line.
John,
I'll use software.
I currently ha
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:22:35 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard dijo:
>I've not before used any RAID so please suggest a version and I'll
>search the Web for how to implement it on the Mediasonic's bays 3 and
>4.
Some computers and external drive bays have RAID capability built into
their BIOS, commonly r
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Bill Barry wrote:
If you have multiple drives with ample storage a raid configuration is
nice. It allows you to quickly recover when a drive fails.
Bill,
Of the 2.1T available 350G have been used for both the OS (on the SSD) and
the user data on the hard drive. This sugge
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 9:27 AM Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Bill Barry wrote:
>
> > I would think that depends on budget and how critical the backup is. A
> > remote backup is a very good idea to protect against fire etc. SSDs are
> > really fast and reliable. Platters are cheaper.
>
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Bill Barry wrote:
I would think that depends on budget and how critical the backup is. A
remote backup is a very good idea to protect against fire etc. SSDs are
really fast and reliable. Platters are cheaper.
Bill,
I don't need to buy anything new. I have a Mediasonic Pro
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 9:05 AM Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Bill Barry wrote:
>
> > You should first confirm that it is not the cable or the USB port.
>
> Bill,
>
> Good point, but I don't have another cable. The enclosure end is
> square-ish,
> not a USB type A or C. But, I moved th
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, Bill Barry wrote:
You should first confirm that it is not the cable or the USB port.
Bill,
Good point, but I don't have another cable. The enclosure end is square-ish,
not a USB type A or C. But, I moved the computer end from the hub to the
desktop and it still won't moun
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 8:43 AM Rich Shepard wrote:
> Today's logs reported that dirvish could not find the config files on the
> external USB backup drive. Trying to mount it, root cannot find it:
> # mount /mnt/backup
> mount: can't find UUID=6e95864b-6291-4148-acd3-627542c8318f
>
> Is there any
Today's logs reported that dirvish could not find the config files on the
external USB backup drive. Trying to mount it, root cannot find it:
# mount /mnt/backup
mount: can't find UUID=6e95864b-6291-4148-acd3-627542c8318f
Is there any way to recover from this or do I buy a new drive and set it up
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