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> The external USB discs have a USB connector that plugs into the Linksys
> network storage box, that in turn is connected to my network switch as are
> my linux and my windows boxes.
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I have connected one of the discs directly to the usb port.
fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 2
2. How do other gentoo'ers achieve backup onto a windows machine?
In my case, with dd and gzip.
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On Friday 10 Mar 2006 14:42, Harry Putnam wrote:
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>
> I don't really understand the relationship between what you call a
> server and the actual disks. How is it different from just having the
> disks on an USB port?
The external USB discs have a USB connector that plugs into the Linksys
netw
Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
> Windows identifies the Network Storage Link as a windows NT 4.9 server
>>
>> > I am mounting the network usb drive using cifs
>> > The network storage unit is a LINKSYS Network Storage Link for USB 2.0
>> > Disk Drives.
>>
> I have 2 discs attached to t
Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry,
> This problem has nothing to do with windows, in fact my XP machine isn't even
> switched on.
You say the fs was created by the the router and that you don't know
what the fs is. Yet you also say it has nothing to do with windows.
Your error out
On Thursday 09 Mar 2006 18:19, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Remy Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Paul Stear wrote:
> >> I am mounting the network usb drive using cifs
> >
> > I'm not quite sure, but I think cifs doesn't support symlinks.
>
> It can be done if the winbox has SFU (Services for Unix) i
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Typo alert!
> The receiving fs does not support symlinks .. not the comments
^^^
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Remy Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Paul Stear wrote:
>> I am mounting the network usb drive using cifs
>
> I'm not quite sure, but I think cifs doesn't support symlinks.
It can be done if the winbox has SFU (Services for Unix) installed
I've heard, but really isn't the problem that the rece
Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thursday 09 Mar 2006 15:36, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > All files copy with no errors but symlinks always fail with the message:
>> > symlink "/mnt/network/usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0" ->
>> > "libgstinterfaces-0.8.
Paul Stear wrote:
> I am mounting the network usb drive using cifs
I'm not quite sure, but I think cifs doesn't support symlinks.
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On Thursday 09 Mar 2006 15:36, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > All files copy with no errors but symlinks always fail with the message:
> > symlink "/mnt/network/usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0" ->
> > "libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0.1.0" failed: Operation not supported
> >
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> All files copy with no errors but symlinks always fail with the message:
> symlink "/mnt/network/usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0" ->
> "libgstinterfaces-0.8.so.0.1.0" failed: Operation not supported
>
> I am wondering if this is a permissions problem.
> My net
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