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Title: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: elz64 on August 25, 2009, 03:14:21 AM

Hi,

The qyestion is in the topic.

How to backup a minilinkstation (especially to save the share folder) to an usb attached drive ?

seams the integrated usb connectir is only for 'IN' data flow ..?..

thank you

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: JoshC on August 25, 2009, 07:34:26 AM

You will have to elabortate more on what your talking about here. What unit do you have (model number, firmware), what kind of USB device are you using? You can only backup from the LS>USB not USB>LS.

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: elz64 on August 25, 2009, 07:55:24 AM

Weell I guess all is in the topic .. no ?

MiniLinkStation

<cite>"what kind of USB device are you using?"</cite>

I dont use any for the moment : may question is :

HOW to make some backup of the NAS content itself tTO an external USB DRIVE (whatever it will be) connected at the NAS usb connector

Thank you

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: davo on August 25, 2009, 10:57:59 AM

Connect the USB HDD to the USB of the linkstation, open the interface page of the LS, reformat the USB to xfs in disk management then run a backup using the backup option in the interface.

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: elz64 on August 26, 2009, 07:32:33 AM

Thank you.

Actually you're right.

Something annoying : Once a backup job is runnig there's no more control over it..no way to stop or suspend it ????

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: davo on August 26, 2009, 08:15:41 AM

The only way to stop a backup jopb that is running is to reset the unit using the interface page or (of course) pull the plug, but this is not recommended :P

Title: Re: How to backup a mini LinkStation to an external drive connected toits usb connector ?
Post by: elz64 on August 26, 2009, 08:43:00 AM

Thank you I oppen up a new thread...

I tried to update the formware ..evryething is dead.

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Products => Storage => Topic started by: elz64 on August 25, 2009, 03:14:21 AM