Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Time machine using an emac as server
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="nargnog" data-source="post: 1261057" data-attributes="member: 206540"><p>Here is the link to the page I have used in the past to set up ubuntu for time machine: </p><p><a href="http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/" target="_blank">HowTo: Make Ubuntu A Perfect Mac File Server And Time Machine Volume [Update6] › Kremalicious</a></p><p>Beware this page is huge, there are over 700 comments posted all on the same page.</p><p></p><p>Here is what apple says about backing up with 10.6</p><p><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html" target="_blank">Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Disks that can be used with Time Machine</a></p><p></p><p>There is no scarcity for recommendations, there seems to be an overflow of information. But most seems to be people using Linux or windows for time machine. I just have not found anyone using an emac, I think its because they were used for education and not many people had them outside of schools. And the iMacs of the time were the lesser powered cousins of the emacs. </p><p></p><p></p><p>My big question is:</p><p></p><p> Will this emac (the one that I named the specs for in my first post), be able to handle multiple 2tb drives? I don't believe 2tb drives were even available when the emac came out.... I'm concerned that an emac wont know what to do with a drive that size.</p><p></p><p> Linux and windows major problem with handling time machine is their handling of a journaled file system (HFS+). That's is really the only reason that I am not using my amd 3ghz quad core, 8gb ram, 10tb ubuntu file server.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Wheelguy12, are you able to restore with your windows machine? Again I have been able to create backups on my ubuntu machine, but restore has been sporadic at best for me. Also is there a way to mount hfs+ in windows? That seems to be really important for time machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nargnog, post: 1261057, member: 206540"] Here is the link to the page I have used in the past to set up ubuntu for time machine: [url=http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/]HowTo: Make Ubuntu A Perfect Mac File Server And Time Machine Volume [Update6] › Kremalicious[/url] Beware this page is huge, there are over 700 comments posted all on the same page. Here is what apple says about backing up with 10.6 [url=http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html]Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Disks that can be used with Time Machine[/url] There is no scarcity for recommendations, there seems to be an overflow of information. But most seems to be people using Linux or windows for time machine. I just have not found anyone using an emac, I think its because they were used for education and not many people had them outside of schools. And the iMacs of the time were the lesser powered cousins of the emacs. My big question is: Will this emac (the one that I named the specs for in my first post), be able to handle multiple 2tb drives? I don't believe 2tb drives were even available when the emac came out.... I'm concerned that an emac wont know what to do with a drive that size. Linux and windows major problem with handling time machine is their handling of a journaled file system (HFS+). That's is really the only reason that I am not using my amd 3ghz quad core, 8gb ram, 10tb ubuntu file server. Wheelguy12, are you able to restore with your windows machine? Again I have been able to create backups on my ubuntu machine, but restore has been sporadic at best for me. Also is there a way to mount hfs+ in windows? That seems to be really important for time machine. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Operating System
Time machine using an emac as server
Top