Apple Help with Samba, Time Machine and Net Drive

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  1. phiberop840

    phiberop840 What's a Dremel?

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    I have a mac, a 1TB Western Digital Network Drive and I cannot get time machine to do a backup on this drive. I have entered this "defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1" into terminal so that the mounted network drive would show up. I start the time machine backup and then it fails before it can even start. It tries to start for about 2 minutes and then errors out. I am uncertain what the problem is. Please help if you have any suggestions.

    Thanks
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    phiberop840, 24 Mar 2008
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  2. Firehed

    Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match.

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    I've heard some issues with regards to the reliability of the network connections on those drives. Does it work fine for everything else?
     
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  3. Tomm

    Tomm I also ride trials :¬)

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    I've been meaning to try this tip for a while, and I've just tried it. So far it seems to be working well - Backed up 200Mb so far from my Powerbook to the (painfully slow) mybookworld II (1tb). The only thing I can think of is that you have incorrect permissions for the share on the mybookworld?
     
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  4. Tomm

    Tomm I also ride trials :¬)

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    Do you get this error?

    "the backup disk image could not be created"

    If so, a bit of googling has found a solution, HERE:


    I'm just trying it now. So far, so good.
     
    Tomm, 25 Mar 2008
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