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External Seagate Backup Plus 3TB HDD shows ""No Filesystem"
I have a ReadyNAS Duo v1 and an external Seagate Backup Plus 3TB hard drive attached to the front USB port. This is the product page for the Seagate drive: http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-dr ....
Possibly.
mgrzywacz wrote: Yeah, it's just for backup really. I use Mac's mainly at the moment so it'd have to be attached to my Macbook - would I need a static IP assigned to my Macbook for this to work?
I'd try it first w/o a static address, and see if the NAS reliably finds the Macbook. You'd want wired ethernet for backup btw.
If your router does DCHP address reservation, that would be better than assigning it a static address. Then you wouldn't need to reconfigure your Macbook if you connect it to another network.
BTW, you don't have to use Frontview backup for this. You could also pull the data from the NAS to the Seagate from a program running on the Macbook. I don't have Macs, so I can't recommend a suitable utility. But I am sure they are out there. With this approach you certainly wouldn't need a static address for the Macbook.
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