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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined
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Bruno Basilio |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] IOError: [Errno 75] Value too large for defined |
Date: |
Wed, 11 May 2011 12:01:26 +0100 |
>>> I suppose you want to use NTFS for backup in order to at the same time
>>> produce
>>> MSWin compatible files. If not, just reformat your USB into EXT3 or 4. (and
>>> my
>>> further comments are superfluos)
>> Do you need to use NTFS for the external drive? I suggest you try again using
>> a Linux format such as ext3 and see if you have more success.
>> My impression is that a high proportion of problems with rdiff-backup relate
>> to backups to NTFS volumes (backup *from* NTFS generally works fine).
> BTW, I see open source utility Ext2Read
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/
> allows a Windows machine to read and copy from Ext2/3/4 (including using LVM2)
> filesystems.
Since the backups are being made in Linux I will consider using Ext2
or FAT32 as destiny, but sharing files with Windows is an important
issue.
>>> Since there seems to be less experience using rdiff-backup on MSWin and
>>> since
>>> FAT32 is a less complex and hopefully more secure filesystem than NTFS for
>>> Linux use I chose to backup to a FAT32 disk in order to simultaneously get
>>> MSWin-compatible files.
>>>
>>> I do employ some precautions regarding file naming and some special care at
>>> rdiff-backup use. I have earlier posted questions touching these problems
>>> that
>>> may be similar to yours (on FAT32, though) but may be avoided, so far, by
>>> using
>>>
>>> rdiff-backup --no-hard-links \
>>> --override-chars-to-quote '"*/:<>?\\|;' \
>>> $source $fat32usb
Thank you for your feedback.
Best regards,
Bruno Basilio
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