Help with drive to drive backup

Hi

I have just recovered from a primary drive crash. The SLUG is unslung with version 6.10 to drive 1. All data
restored manually. Drive 2 is formated by the slug.
Problem, I cant start the drive 1 to drive 2 backup, not manually through GUI nor by shedule.

Must I install rsynk or something?
It's been a very long time since I first installed the unit and I might miss something.

KP

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Re: Help with drive to drive backup

kristoffer_pettersson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just recovered from a primary drive crash. The SLUG is unslung with version 6.10 to drive 1. All data
restored manually. Drive 2 is formated by the slug.
> Problem, I cant start the drive 1 to drive 2 backup, not manually through GUI nor by shedule.
>
> Must I install rsynk or something?
> It's been a very long time since I first installed the unit and I might miss something.

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/FixTheDriveBackupForUnslungFirmware

-Mike (mwester)

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Debian install with 2 new disks

Hi,

First of all: Happy new year everybody!

The first thing i want to do this year is getting my slug ready for  
the next decade of this century.
At the moment my nslu2 Is unslung 6.8 with a 320gb harddrive in the  
usbport 2. This is because i used to have my printer in the first  
usbport. But i have another solution for that now. The disk is getting  
soo full that im not realy comfortable putting files on it anymore,  
wich is a pain because now those files are taking my computer and  
eating their way out from its inside.

What i want to do is install debian and use two 1 tb usb2 drives (that  
santa gave me). I don't know if there is a possibility for debian on a  
slug to treat the two disk as one? If thats possible, how do i make  
that happen? If it isn't, how do i get debian see the second disk? And  
can can i still place /home on the other disk?
What is a good way to partition the disk(s), size-wise and how much  
space for swap is advisable?
Then, what would be the easiest way to transfer the files that are  
currently on the old 320gb disk to one of the new 1tb disks? Copy them  
to my computer and then, once debian is installed, copy them back, or  
can i connect the old disk later on, just to copy the files?

I tried to search all this stuff but i, as we say here, couldn't see  
the trees through the forest anymore. Maybe someone can help, advise  
or send me links?
Hope you can help, thanks in advance.

Re:

Re: Debian install with 2 new disks

* Patrick Schekkerman <phill@...> [2010-01-01 21:55]:
> What i want to do is install debian and use two 1 tb usb2 drives
> (that  santa gave me). I don't know if there is a possibility for
> debian on a  slug to treat the two disk as one? If thats possible,
> how do i make  that happen?

Depends what you mean by "treat two disks as one".  If you want to use
RAID1 to mirror the two disks, you have to configure RAID.  If you
want the two disks to show up as one large partition, you could use
LVM, mark the two disks as physical partitions for LVM and then make a
volume group on top of that.

Both are supposed by the Debian installer.

> If it isn't, how do i get debian see the second disk? And  can can i
> still place /home on the other disk?

Yes you can.

Note that everything will work alright if you use RAID or LVM.  But if
you refer directly to the disks (i.e. /dev/sdaX and /dev/sdbX) you
have to follow
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/troubleshooting.html#two-disks
--

-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/

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Slug uptime

Re: Slug uptime

--- In nslu2-linux@..., Harsh <harshbaste <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
 Was just wondering, what sort of uptime do you guys usually have with the NSLU2? What is the longest its been
run for in your personal experiences. 
> 
>

I never power mine down, they have both been up for about six months now since I had to work on the UPS they are
plugged into. I run them both off flash drives and I have a hard drive plugged into one for my music system storage.

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Re: Slug uptime

On 2010-01-02 14:49, Harsh wrote:
> Was just wondering, what sort of uptime do you guys usually have with
> the NSLU2? What is the longest its been run for in your personal
> experiences.

I only power down mine when I do major updates or really have to. 168 
days is my best uptime until today

/M

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Re: Slug uptime

Harsh wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Was just wondering, what sort of uptime do you guys usually have with 
> the NSLU2? What is the longest its been run for in your personal 
> experiences.
> 
> I power it down every night but would really rather just leave it on all 
> the time. The only thing preventing me from doing that is its hard to 
> get a hold of one of these things any more so I don't want to toast mine 
> on 90% idle time. I don't want to attempt a hardware mod for auto-power 
> on either - would just prefer to leave it running if I know its sturdy 
> enough to last.
> 
> -H
> 

My slug has Debian Etch installed on a Hitachi 100 GB 2.5" USB drive. 
It's powered from a UPS and I only shutdown/reboot for 
maintenance/kernel upgrades.  It currently shows an uptime of 437 days 
20:08 hours, which fits with the last kernel upgrade in Oct 2008.

IMO, leaving the slug (or any electronic device) alway on is far less 
stressful than powering it on/off daily.  It's also important to keep it 
well ventilated and in an area where the temperature is below 76 F/25 C 
degrees.

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slug - power down or leave on 24/7