Re: Segate FreeAgent USB drive
ed <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:33:44 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070908080802080300060206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 09/03/2010 06:28 PM, Chris wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:13 -0400, ed wrote: > >> On 09/03/2010 06:06 PM, Chris wrote: >> >>> I've been looking at these at Wal-Mart and wondering if anyone has any >>> experience with them such as is it pretty much plug it in and it works? >>> >>> >>> >> for the most part, it may take a second or 30 to be seen by kde or >> gnome, but when I plug in and turn on mine, in KDE, a window pops up >> asking to mount it or copy it. ( or some such, since I know I am going >> to mount it and open a konq/Dolphin window there, I take that choice. >> > Thanks Ed, seems like a good, inexpensive way to make a system backup. I > guess using rsync would work? > > dd works for me, if you want to copy the whole drive. of course you could just add a drive to the box if all you are wanting is cheap drive space. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________ --------------070908080802080300060206 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 09/03/2010 06:28 PM, Chris wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1283552927.12048.61.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/[email protected]" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:13 -0400, ed wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 09/03/2010 06:06 PM, Chris wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I've been looking at these at Wal-Mart and wondering if anyone has any experience with them such as is it pretty much plug it in and it works? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">for the most part, it may take a second or 30 to be seen by kde or gnome, but when I plug in and turn on mine, in KDE, a window pops up asking to mount it or copy it. ( or some such, since I know I am going to mount it and open a konq/Dolphin window there, I take that choice. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Thanks Ed, seems like a good, inexpensive way to make a system backup. I guess using rsync would work? </pre> </blockquote> <font size="+1">dd works for me, if you want to copy the whole drive. of course you could just add a drive to the box if all you are wanting is cheap drive space. </font><br> </body> </html> --------------070908080802080300060206--