On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 01:15:22AM +0100, Walrus Foolhill wrote: > Thanks for your answer. I am using rsync version 3.0.7 protocol 30 on Ubuntu > 10.04 Lynx Lucid to synchronize the content of my Samsung laptop with an > external hard-drive from Western Digital. Both hard-drives don't seem to > have the same filesystem type (ext3 versus vfat): can it be due to this? > Should I reformat my external hard-drive in ext3?
Someone else on the list may have more knowledge about that; you might try searching the archives for vfat info. In the meantime, you might also try syncing your files to another directory on the same volume or a directory on a remote filesystem; it may help you confirm your suspicions about the target filesystem. Scott -- Scott Wiersdorf sc...@ipartner.net -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
