Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:35:51 +0200 (CEST) From: "Mathias Haas" <mathias@haas.se> To: hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Alessandro de Manzano <demanzano@playstos.com> Subject: Re: Best way to remove HD? Message-ID: <11284.193.14.163.194.1094733351.squirrel@193.14.163.194> In-Reply-To: <58103154812.20040909132702@playstos.com> References: <30520.193.14.163.194.1094728900.squirrel@193.14.163.194> <58103154812.20040909132702@playstos.com>
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I've run this setup on FreeBSD 5.2 and 5.2.1 and it works fine so far. We had our server stolen 1 month ago and it was easy to restore the backup from the external harddisk (and it was fast too!). Our previos server had some low-budget (almost no-name) firwire controller. Now we run on the internal fw-controller on an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe. Older versions of BSD doesn't support Firewire (I know my old 4.6.2 does not). I'm unsure from which version it became supported. Ciao, Mathias. > Thursday, September 9, 2004, 1:21:40 PM, ha scritto: > > MH> Hello! I wonder if this is the best way to disconnect an external > firewire > MH> disk (Lacie) that's used as an external backup? > > very interesting... > > > MH> First I do the backup then I run the 'sync'-command in order to write > down > MH> any data still in the buffer. After that I umount the disk and then I > turn > MH> of the power and disconnect the disk from the computer. > > MH> Before the backup starts I connect the drive and then I simply mount > it. > > MH> Is there any better way to do it or is this safe? > > AFAIK this is the correct procedure. > Unmounting the FS flushes all data to disk, so nothing should be lost. > And for the firewire link itself, if I remember correctly it's > "plug'n'play" so it should be safe to simply remove the plug. > > btw, me too I would backup my data in this way, may I ask you about > your experiences with FreeBSD + firewire ? Are you using 4.x or 5.x ? > Which firewire card are you using ? are you satisfied ? :) > > sorry for many questions ! ;) > > Many thanks in advance! > > > > -- > > Alessandro de Manzano > > System & Network Administrator > Playstos - TIMA S.p.A. > Corso Sempione 63 > 20149 Milano, Italy > > tel.: +39-023314153 > fax : +39-02315678 > email: demanzano@playstos.com > > http://www.playstos.com > >
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