Hi, On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:22:16PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > tidying up some issues from my upgrade/migration, and there was a > 1-touch maxtor external HD on the old (sarge) system that, apparently, > did a backup when you did that one-touch thing. the question is: > what software would have been sitting there in the background, > handling that?
Are you talking about USB or Firewire connected harddrive? http://www.maxtor.com/en/external-drives/backup-and-storage-devices/ "one touch" is for windows, I guess. > i see no official .deb package for a maxtor, and there's nothing in > udev about it so, trying not to sound overly dense, what should i be > looking for that would have been the backing software to handle > recognition of that drive? linux kernel can handle USB/firewire connected HDD as /dev/sdb, ... http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10.en.html#_removable_storage_device So you must have mounted it somewhere as just another harddrive and used any standard backup tools to copy files there. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10.en.html#_backup_utility_suites > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Interesting ... Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
