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Backup to USB drive fails
I have tried to use a Powered Seagate USB drive (Mystorage 3.0) to backup the data folders on our Netgear Readynas 314. The external backup drive has been cleanly formatted with Seagate's Format util...
i tried both.
First i formatted it with native EXT24 format as recommended and it kept dissappearing as a volume. then i formatted using Seagte's own format tool as FAT32.
Same result.
PS: The external Seagate USB drive works fine on several Linux/Windows 10 PC's
glenschaefer wrote:
then i formatted using Seagte's own format tool as FAT32.
FAT32 can't handle large file sizes - is it possible that you are hitting that limit?
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