Comments for roncox.org http://roncox.org Ramblings on software development, business, and life in general Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by r0cker http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-15 r0cker Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:06:36 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-15 Hey Ron, thanks for your article, if you could give me a quick bit of advice it would be much appreciated. I've set up my NAS to as an FTP server and SMB server and I can connect to both from the Finder: http://tinyurl.com/ams8lr I've executed the command you detail in Terminal but the drives are not showing up in the Time Machine list! I'm not sure if I've set the drives up wrong somehow as I have a different icon to the one you have on your screenshot. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, r0cker Hey Ron, thanks for your article, if you could give me a quick bit of advice it would be much appreciated.

I’ve set up my NAS to as an FTP server and SMB server and I can connect to both from the Finder:
http://tinyurl.com/ams8lr

I’ve executed the command you detail in Terminal but the drives are not showing up in the Time Machine list!

I’m not sure if I’ve set the drives up wrong somehow as I have a different icon to the one you have on your screenshot.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,
r0cker

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS)Part 2 by Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) — roncox.org http://roncox.org/12/comment-page-1#comment-14 Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) — roncox.org Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:59:12 +0000 http://roncox.org/12#comment-14 [...] http://roncox.org/12 [...] [...] http://roncox.org/12 [...]

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by Ron http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-13 Ron Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:59:44 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-13 The answer might be in my second post on this topic: http://roncox.org/12 The answer might be in my second post on this topic:

http://roncox.org/12

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by gvk http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-12 gvk Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:58:27 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-12 I am having exactly the same bahavior as Mkel described, in my case with a Western Digital MyWorldBook network drive. Until now I have been using TM with an external USB drive with no problem. The WD NAS drive is readily accessible from all flavors of other computers - Mac, PC, and Linux. Oh, and the USB drive can be plugged into these other computers and the backup structure is visible to them. It's not at all clear what relevance the internal format of the NAS has; the WD also uses Linux in its controller board. Any ideas on what to try next? GK I am having exactly the same bahavior as Mkel described, in my case with a Western Digital MyWorldBook network drive.

Until now I have been using TM with an external USB drive with no problem.

The WD NAS drive is readily accessible from all flavors of other computers – Mac, PC, and Linux.

Oh, and the USB drive can be plugged into these other computers and the backup structure is visible to them. It’s not at all clear what relevance the internal format of the NAS has; the WD also uses Linux in its controller board.

Any ideas on what to try next?

GK

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS)Part 2 by Setting up “Time Capsule” for free with Linux - Chris Carey http://roncox.org/12/comment-page-1#comment-11 Setting up “Time Capsule” for free with Linux - Chris Carey Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:56:59 +0000 http://roncox.org/12#comment-11 [...] http://roncox.org/12 [...] [...] http://roncox.org/12 [...]

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS)Part 2 by cpurrin1 http://roncox.org/12/comment-page-1#comment-10 cpurrin1 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:55 +0000 http://roncox.org/12#comment-10 Thank you so much for the Terminal suggestion. Worked instantly. Thank you so much for the Terminal suggestion. Worked instantly.

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by Ron http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-9 Ron Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:55 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-9 I checked and double-checked, looking for how the drive is formatted and couldn't find that information. I read the manual and searched through the administration console. I was able to determine my NAS is running some flavor of Linux. But that's all I could determine. If I remember correctly, I had a problem with an external USB drive that might be the same problem you're having. In that situation, I let my Mac format the drive and then it worked as expected. Note that for the NAS I have, it's a RAID with 4 drives. It's a network appliance with its own OS and network interface. Using the NAS is different than using my external USB hard drive. I checked and double-checked, looking for how the drive is formatted and couldn’t find that information. I read the manual and searched through the administration console. I was able to determine my NAS is running some flavor of Linux. But that’s all I could determine.

If I remember correctly, I had a problem with an external USB drive that might be the same problem you’re having. In that situation, I let my Mac format the drive and then it worked as expected.

Note that for the NAS I have, it’s a RAID with 4 drives. It’s a network appliance with its own OS and network interface. Using the NAS is different than using my external USB hard drive.

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by MkeL http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-8 MkeL Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:35:32 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-8 Ron, yes. I created a shared folder but I don't get the "what type of user" question you got. I can see the shared folders that are set up but still get the disk image error. Any ideas from here? How is your drive formatted? Thanks for you help. Mike Ron,
yes. I created a shared folder but I don’t get the “what type of user” question you got. I can see the shared folders that are set up but still get the disk image error. Any ideas from here? How is your drive formatted?
Thanks for you help.
Mike

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by Ron http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-7 Ron Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:43:05 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-7 Yes, my backup is still working. I got that “The backup disk image could not be created” error at one point. Unfortunately, I don't remember which drive I was working with at the time. Does your Lacie drive have the "shared folders" functionality? Yes, my backup is still working. I got that “The backup disk image could not be created” error at one point. Unfortunately, I don’t remember which drive I was working with at the time. Does your Lacie drive have the “shared folders” functionality?

]]> Comment on Use Time Machine with a Network Drive (NAS) by MkeL http://roncox.org/7/comment-page-1#comment-6 MkeL Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:38:50 +0000 http://roncox.org/7#comment-6 Ron, I've been trying to do this with my LaCie 500 GB ethernet mini drive for some time. I used the terminal command and TM sees the drive but once TM starts the following happens. TM says "Preparing" and a progress bar starts. After a few minutes the backup stops. While TM is preparing I can look at the Lacie drive on the network and see that the file "Mikes Computer 125_000a95c47b6e.sparsebundle" size 125.7 mb is there. After TM prepares for a few minutes, the sparse bundle file on the Lacie drive disappears and I get an error from TM saying - "The backup disk image could not be created". At this point is says that the backup failed. Is your drive formatted in EXT3 or FAT32? I'll try the shared folder trick. Any help would be very appreciated. Is your backup still working? Ron,
I’ve been trying to do this with my LaCie 500 GB ethernet mini drive for some time. I used the terminal command and TM sees the drive but once TM starts the following happens. TM says “Preparing” and a progress bar starts. After a few minutes the backup stops.
While TM is preparing I can look at the Lacie drive on the network and see that the file “Mikes Computer 125_000a95c47b6e.sparsebundle” size 125.7 mb is there. After TM prepares for a few minutes, the sparse bundle file on the Lacie drive disappears and I get an error from TM saying – “The backup disk image could not be created”. At this point is says that the backup failed. Is your drive formatted in EXT3 or FAT32?
I’ll try the shared folder trick. Any help would be very appreciated. Is your backup still working?

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