View Full Version : Can you update a drive over the network?
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-14-2007, 02:22 PM
Hello
I have clones of every drive i use, and i was wondering if could update them over the network via ethernet while houses inside a old PPC G4 mac.
Is this possible?
dnanian
05-14-2007, 03:24 PM
You can update an image over the network, but not directly to a drive.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-14-2007, 06:21 PM
I am confused here now., excuse me, are you saying that i can not update a drive directly?
In my last post i was speaking of my iMac connected to 2 USB devices and smart update (resuming) a drive that crashed, this i assume is directly.
Am i confusing 2 different processes here?
After i cloned the drives (USB or FW) i plan to house them in a PPC mac which can hold over 8 drives on a ATTO PCI card, then fire the CPU up when i need to update over the Ethernet network or wireless.
Thought i mention details since it matter i guess., Do let me know if i missed something here :) (sounds like it)
Cheers
Mike
dnanian
05-14-2007, 06:26 PM
You cannot update the drive directly over a network, correct.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-14-2007, 06:28 PM
I am still confused.
it is exatly what i planned to do, continue updating over the network.
are you saying i have to clone all over again?
dnanian
05-14-2007, 06:34 PM
If you didn't write to an image, yes; writing directly to the drive can't be updated. See the "Airport Disks" post at the Shirt Pocket Watch blog (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog)...
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-14-2007, 06:45 PM
If you didn't write to an image, yes; writing directly to the drive can't be updated. See the "Airport Disks" post at the Shirt Pocket Watch blog (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog)...
i think i cuaght my confusement here
I am cloning directly to drives, i was assuming images is what they are referred to (excuse me for been ignorant about names), ut seems now that when someone here mentioned images that they are actual boo-table images packed to be mounted later from a drive and not a drive image (clone) is this correct?
dnanian
05-14-2007, 07:04 PM
Images are virtual disks stored in a file.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-14-2007, 07:16 PM
Ok so the way i should go about this is to create images over the ethernet network onto the drives, then smart update back and forth? is this how SuperDuper should work?
dnanian
05-14-2007, 07:17 PM
See the post on the blog: it gives some "best practices" for this.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-17-2007, 02:42 AM
See the post on the blog: it gives some "best practices" for this.
Thanks for the help
However, on trying to back up via network i can not see the drives via ethernet.
From what i understand, i have to same a image of the drive to a network drive, not clone it directly, and when i do i can not see any of the network drives.
Any ideas?
dnanian
05-17-2007, 07:44 AM
I don't understand what you mean; you'd choose "Disk Image..." in the destination pop-up, and then save the image on the (already mounted) Airport Disk...
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-17-2007, 07:59 AM
I don't understand what you mean; you'd choose "Disk Image..." in the destination pop-up, and then save the image on the (already mounted) Airport Disk...
I am not using airport, i am using ethernet, does this not work with ethernet?
dnanian
05-17-2007, 08:03 AM
It's the same with Ethernet.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-17-2007, 08:19 AM
It's the same with Ethernet.
I mounted the (the drive on the ethernet) on my desktop, but when i try to copy or make a sandbox image to it i cannot cause it (the drive on the ethernet) simply does not appear in the right side pop up menu
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-17-2007, 08:27 AM
Wait, i think i know whats going on
1-I select the drive i will copy from.
2-On the right i select a image (not drive) and now it asks me where to save it, and the drive i mounted over the network does show up.
I think i missunderstood :)
Cheers
dnanian
05-17-2007, 08:29 AM
That's right: you have to use a Disk Image. It won't appear in the pop-up.
iLLuMiNaTiCa
05-17-2007, 08:39 AM
Wow this program is excellent, i can update it later over the network., sorry for the misunderstanding, i guess i over looked the manual impatiently.
Thank you so much!
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