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What filesystem are you using on the disk? FAT32 can't store files over
2GB in size, that might be it. Best use ext3, or if you want to read it
in Windows, NTFS. Also, how much data does it actually back up before
bombing out? Just a few files, or many gigs? Can you post the exact
error message?
--Gordon
Adam Zion wrote:
> OK, I purchased a Western Digital Element 1TB external backup drive
> for my linux server. I have a 300 GB drive to back up, so there's
> plenty of room to spare.
>
> But no. When I use rsync to back up the data, it bombs out w/a drive
> full error before even completing the first back up- which would be
> far less than 1 TB of data.
>
> Since I highly doubt that cluster overhang is an issue, can anyone
> else think why this drive would be running into such an error? When I
> check it on Windows it reports as a 1 TB drive, so it's unlikely to be
> a physical error w/the drive.
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