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After backup: Destination is read-only?
I'm working on implementing a proper backup procedure as most experts on this forum recommend. But when trying to backup a large amount of data, I keep getting this error message: Backup: Error bac...
Have been looking for a solution for this problem for a long time, but never managed to find the root cause.
In the end, I decided to remove the offending subdirectory that contained a file backup of a Windows system. This solved the problem with the backup procedure.
I still suspect the dirty bit somehow got set. If it happens again, try writing a file to the drive manually and see if that works. If it is mounted read-only then it will fail.
USB backup is reasonably fast on the 516, but it should be just as fast to back up over a gigabit network. USB 3.0 would be faster over the network. Speeds are here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas- ... l=&start=1
USB backup is reasonably fast on the 516, but it should be just as fast to back up over a gigabit network. USB 3.0 would be faster over the network. Speeds are here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas- ... l=&start=1
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